Chocolate Cinnamon Letter Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-CINNAMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Add melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Add egg and vanilla; beat until combined. Mix in cocoa powder until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips and cinnamon.
• Drop hazelnut-sized balls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are firm, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

ALPHABET COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 minutes with a handheld, then beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.
• Form dough into 2 balls and flatten each into a 6-inch disk. Chill disks, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Roll out 1 piece of dough (keep remaining dough chilled) into an 81/2-inch round (1/4 inch thick) on a well-floured surface with a well-floured rolling pin. (If dough becomes too soft to roll out, rewrap in plastic and chill until firm.) Cut out as many cookies as possible from dough with cutters and transfer to 2 ungreased large baking sheets, arranging about 1 inch apart.
• Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely.
• Gather scraps and chill until dough is firm enough to reroll, 10 to 15 minutes. Make more cookies with remaining dough and scraps (reroll only once) in same manner on cooled baking sheets.
• For each color (you can make up to 7), transfer 1/4 cup icing to a separate small bowl and tint with food coloring. Snip off 1 corner of each plastic bag to create a 1/4-inch opening, then spoon each color icing into a bag, pressing out excess air. Twist each bag firmly just above icing, then decoratively pipe (or spread) colored icing onto cookies. Let icing dry completely (about 1 hour, depending on humidity) before storing cookies.
• *Wilton Paste Food Coloring available at wilton.com.
• **Available at some bakeware shops and Sweet Celebrations (800-328-6722).

CHEWY CHOCOLATE-CINNAMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Beat butter until creamy.
• Add brown sugar and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; beat until blended.
• Add egg, baking soda, corn syrup and vanilla; beat well.
• Stir together flour and cocoa; beat into butter mixture.
• If batter becomes too stiff, use wooden spoon to stir in remaining flour.
• Cover; refrigerate about 30 minutes, if necessary, until batter is firm enough to shape.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Combine 1/4 cup granulated sugar and cinnamon; roll balls in mixture.
• Place balls 2-inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until cookies are set and tops are cracked.
• Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• Cool completely.
• 40 cookies.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CINNAMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy; then add eggs, and beat well. In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pudding mix. Gradually mix the dry into the creamy mixture until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if using. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oven; allow cookies to cool momentarily on baking sheets before removing them to wire racks to cool completely.