Another
recipe that has cinnamon in it… I just noticed it while I was
typing this post haha. Sorry if you don’t like it! But I swear,
these cinnamon
and almond cookies are
the bomb – just try them out and you’ll see 😉
Generally,
I tend to bake cupcakes for Christmas, because I just love getting
cute cupcake cases and decorations to make them look nice. This year
I wanted to do something new, and I’ve settled for Christmas
tree-shaped cookies! We’ve seen a variety of different recipes
around these in blogs recently, but I wanted to share my version with
you. These cookies are a bit different because they have a mix of
almonds and cinnamon in them, which gives a really nice, spicy but
still soft taste to them. I think most people would like them, and
you can have so much fun decorating the little trees! They are quite
easy to bake as well, let’s just see that now!
Ingredients (for around 25-30 cookies)
~ 150g
of butter
~ 220g
of flour
~ 2
egg yolks
~ 120g
of icing sugar
~ a
vanilla pod (or some powder vanilla extract)
~ 60g
of almond powder
~ half
a teaspoon of cinnamon (or a full teaspoon if you want a strong
taste)
~ a
pinch of salt
~
cake icing pens for decoration
Instructions
1/ In
a bowl, mix the icing sugar with the butter (that you should melt
beforehand).
2/ Add
the seeds of the vanilla pod (or half a teaspoon of vanilla extract)
in the preparation.
3/ Add
the egg yolks, the almond powder, the cinnamon and the salt. Then,
add the flour little by little to make it easier to mix together.
4/ Make
a ball with the dough, wrap it up in cling film and put in for an
hour in the fridge.
5/ On
a table covered in flour, spread the dough carefully (about 5mm
thick) and use the cookie cutters to create shapes. I use Christmas
tree cutters, but any shape will do!
6/ Put
the cookies in the oven, on a sheet of baking paper. Let them in
there for around ten minutes, at 190°C. Take them off to cool once
they’re gold on the top.
7/ Once
they’re a bit cooler, use cake icing pens (I’m sure you can find them
in most crafts and hobbies shops) to decorate and add little details
to your cookies. Just be creative and they’ll turn out great!
You
can have so much fun decorating the cookies. At least I did! I
decided to do something very simple and traditional with ‘baubles’
and ‘tinsel’, but you can also write little messages on them, or draw
stuff if you’re an artist!
These
are so easy to make. The trickiest part is when you have to create
the shapes with the dough, but other than that, it is quite quick to
bake and you’ll impress everybody at your Christmas party!
Will you be baking any Christmas treats this year? Do you have a favourite recipe to share?
Lots of love,
Julia x
