CINNAMON CRISPS
Adapted from http://iammommy.typepad.com
Makes about 2 dozen cookies
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups flour
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
With a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the egg and mix until combined. Add the cinnamon and flour and beat until dough is combined.
Prepare your pans:
There are different ways to produce a thick cookie or a thin cookie:
1. To make a thick cookie: use mini cake pans (I use 3-inch). Prepare pans with cooking spray and parchment paper circles. Perfect for ice cream sandwiches.
2. To make a thin cookie, line your baking sheet with parchment paper. Perfect for cutout shapes or chocolate dipped cookies.
Take 2 Tablespoons of dough and flatten into the mini cake pans or on the parchment paper lined baking sheets. (If the dough is too sticky to work with put in fridge for about 15 minutes.) The dough should be thin when pressed into the cake pan or onto the parchment paper lined baking sheets. (You can roll the dough out instead of dropping the dough on baking sheets (easier for cut outs). Or just drop the 2 Tablespoons onto the baking sheet and press into desired shape.
A heart shape cut out is fun to use if you want to put a cookie on the edge of a coffee cup or glass of milk.
Bake for 6-8 minutes. Watch carefully so they don’t burn. (My cookies in the mini cake pans took 8 minutes. My cookies on the parchment lined baking sheets took 6 minutes. When they are done, remove from the pan immediately and place cookies on a cooling rack.
If the cookie are stuck in the pan use a paring knife to pull up the edge of the parchment paper and slide the cookie out. If you used the parchment paper lined baking sheet simply lift cookie with a large spatula.
If you made the heart shaped cookies for the side of the coffee mug now is the time to cut into the cookie with a small paring knife. Cut out a rectangle shape at the tip of the heart so it can slide onto your mug. After the cookie cools they are harder to cut as they can crumble.
For the Ice Cream Sandwich:
Place one thick cookie on a plate. Take plain vanilla ice cream and stir it in a bowl until it is soft but not melted. Form the ice cream in a ball and set on cookie, add another cookie, and push down gently. Don’t stop there…make it a double… add more ice cream and another cookie on top. Put in the freezer for a about 5 minutes. Take out, drizzle with hot fudge and enjoy. You could also use whipped cream or frosting instead of ice cream.
For the heart shaped cookies to be used on a coffee mug, I added hearts and Valentine’s messages with melted chocolate.
The flat cookies are delicious plain or you can dip them in melted chocolate.
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