25 Day Holiday Countdown! Day 4: Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

Lauren Medeiros

These quick and easy cinnamon-sugar cookies can be enjoyed all throughout the holiday season. With a delightful, delicate and buttery taste, these treats are made for winter with fun holiday cookie cutters. Visit here for more of the countdown!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Cup Butter
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 & 3/4 Cup Flour
  • 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • Pinch of Salt
  • Few Drops of Vanilla Extract to Taste

Topping: Mix together

  • 1 Teaspoon Sugar
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon

Instructions:

  1. Gather ingredients and preheat the oven to 425 degrees
  2. Soften butter then mix with sugar
  3. Beat the egg then add it to the mixture of butter and sugar
  4. Add flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla into the existing mixture and beat all together
  5. Knead the dough into a ball and refrigerate for one hour
  6. Roll the dough out and then use cookie cutters to create the shapes
  7. Gently use a fork and poke holes into the cookies
  8. Add cinnamon and sugar together in a bowl and mix until blended
  9. Cover the cookies in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and cook for about seven minutes
  10. Take the cookies out of the oven and enjoy!