Cinnamon Cookies
"This is an adaptation of Greek shortbread and very popular in my family, especially good with a cup of strong coffee. The recipe doubles and trebles successfully."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
24 cookies
ingredients
- 250 g butter
- 125 ml icing sugar, sifted
- 270 g all-purpose flour
- 7 ml cinnamon
- 2 ml salt
- 5 ml vanilla essence
- 250 ml icing sugar, sifted (extra)
- 10 ml cinnamon (extra)
directions
- Beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Sift in the dry ingredients and mix in the vanilla essence.
- Make a large ball and place in the refrigerator in a plastic bag for one hour.
- Roll into little balls (about 24).
- Flatten slightly with a fork.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 200°C.
- Mix together the extra sugar and cinnamon and roll the hot cookies in this mixture.
- Set aside to cool and store in an airtight container.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sonja South Africa
Port Elizabeth
I live in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. My previous jobs include teaching in a cookery school and catering management at a resort hotel. Although I love putting on a show for friends and family and can make the most intricate and "pretty" foods, I still prefer good, honest one- or two pot meals, made with fresh ingredients and lots of love. DH loves everything I cook or bake. His favourite food is chocolate, so he's really easy to please. No kids yet, a Jack Russell who rules the roost and will eat anything put in front of her.
I love traveling and have seen quite a bit of the world and also eaten some interesting foods.
In my spare time I sing, I'm a soprano with a small chamber music group. Apart from concerts (mainly for charity) we hold monthly soirees at my home, where a whole bunch of musicians and other hangers-on make a lot of music and have lots to eat and drink.
A month off - what bliss - I will definitely fill the cookie tins and spend lots of time on the beach with some good books, maybe a bit of travelling to far off countries, some time spent in the quaint little eateries in Provence sounds like a good idea.
