Simple Cinnamon Biscuit Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 egg.
• Salt (a pinch).
• 1/2 tablespoon of cinnamon.
• 300 grams of white flour.
• 150 grams of white sugar.
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
• 1 extra tablespoon of sugar and 1/2 of cinnamon to coat.
• 130 grams of creamy butter (with a texture similar to mayonnaise).

Step by step to assemble the dough

• To make the dough, start beating the butter together with the sugar in a bowl until they are completely combined. This step is called bleaching. Therefore, the mixture of these ingredients has a whitish appearance. You can do it by hand or with a mixer.

• Next, add the egg and beat until it is completely integrated.
• On the other hand, mix the flour with the cinnamon, the baking powder and the salt and place them in a container.
• Add these ingredients in two parts to the bowl with the help of a sieve to avoid the formation of lumps.
• Integrate with a spatula making enveloping movements. You may have to use your hands to finish integrating completely.
• Knead for 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and smooth.
• Then, wrap it in a film and let it rest for 40 minutes in the refrigerator. The dough will set and you can shape the cookies with ease.

Shaping the cookies

• After this time, make sure you have a clean counter and sprinkle white flour over it (use enough so that the dough does not stick). With the help of a rolling pin, begin to stretch the dough evenly.
• When you have made it one centimeter thick, use a round cutter to make the cookies. This way, they will all be the same size. Knead the remains that remain, stretch and repeat the process until all are cut.

• Another method you can use to shape them is to make equal balls and crush them with your hands until they are the same thickness. With this technique they will not be perfect like the previous option, but you will do it in less time. While you’re doing this, preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Next, mix the sugar with the cinnamon powder in a bowl and sprinkle on top of them.
• Place them on a buttered tray (the side with the sugar and cinnamon should be facing up) and bake for 15 minutes.
• After this time, check that they are cooked and remove them from the heat. When they are cold, they are ready to eat.

Cinnamon Cookies: What Variations Can You Make?

You can make other variations, for example, using other ingredients that combine with cinnamon, such as ginger. In fact, you can create a healthier version by substituting sweetener for sugar and plain wheat flour for oat flakes.

So, if you make these changes, you will achieve a recipe that provides fewer calories and you will add elements that contribute to health, such as dietary fiber. In relation to this, the Spanish Nutrition Foundation suggests that this component provided by oats can lower blood cholesterol, control blood sugar levels, improve insulin secretion and reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

Here we tell you the healthy version of these cookies. Write down the ingredients and follow the recipe.

Ingredients

• Salt (a pinch).
• 1 cup of whole wheat flour.
• 1/3 cup sunflower or corn oil.
• 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon.
• 1/3 cup fluid skim milk.
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract.
• 1/2 cup of rolled oats or oatmeal.
• 4 tablespoons of liquid sweetener suitable for cooking.

Step by Step

• Place the dry ingredients in a bowl: the whole wheat flour, the oat flakes, the cinnamon and the salt.
• Mix with a spatula and form a hole in the center. Add the oil and the sweetener there.
• Integrate with the help of the spatula until a paste is formed.
• Then, add the milk together with the vanilla essence and knead for 5 minutes until you get a smooth dough.
• Cover with paper film and let it sit for 15 minutes.
• Then, turn the oven to 180 degrees and, while it heats, stretch the dough in the same way as indicated in the previous section.
• Cut them with a cutter or shape the cookies with your hands.
• Place them in a greased bowl and sprinkle each one with cinnamon.
• Cook them for 15 minutes.

Something you have to consider is that, if the dough is sticky, you can add more flour or oatmeal until you achieve the necessary consistency so that you can shape them.

Try these cinnamon cookie recipes

Cinnamon cookies are ideal for dessert, to accompany coffee, or to indulge a craving. Also, making them is a simple task and you don’t need any unusual ingredients.

Keep in mind that, from these recipes, you can make other varieties, such as using fruits. This combination will make your cookies have a moist consistency and you would also be adding nutrients without increasing the caloric intake.

Finally, we remind you that cinnamon is not only a spice that provides flavor, but also provides important properties for human health because it has active compounds that make it a natural antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial. Do not stop trying them.