Crunchy and Chewy Cinnamon Stick Cookies

 

I posted this recipe in May, but it is much more fitting for this time of year. It makes a great addition to holiday baking and all the yummy warm drinks that the cooler weather (for some) brings.  I found this recipe years ago in Good Housekeeping Magazine (December 2005) from a reader who had received it 40 years earlier. My mother, sister and I  made it along with our other Christmas cookies a few years ago, and it was an instant favorite.

See our 2005  Christmas cookies!

These cinnamon sticks go PERFECT with a cup of coffee or a mug of milk.

This recipe makes about 100 cinnamon sticks:

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
  Sift together these dry ingredients separately.
  Then in a mixing bowl blend:
• 1 cup soft butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 eggs
  Beat till creamy, then add the dry ingredients slowly.
  Then stir in:
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts

Line a bread pan with plastic wrap (I ran out, so I used foil).
Pour your dough into the bread pan and pat it down. Chill for several hours.
After it gets chilled and firm, put it out onto a cutting board and remove wrap.
Slice crosswise in 1/4 inch slices and then slice those in 1/4 inch sticks and place on greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart (These do spread).

These are absolutely delicious plain, or you can drizzle them with a powdered sugar frosting (Duncan Hines also makes a vanilla frosting  that you can drizzle out of a bottle).

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Crunchy and Chewy Cinnamon Stick Cookies

Course Dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 27 minutes

Servings 100

Author Joyful Homemaking

Ingredients

• This recipe makes about 100 cinnamon sticks:
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• Sift together these dry ingredients separately.
• Then in a mixing bowl blend:
• 1 cup soft butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 eggs
• Beat till creamy then add the dry ingredients slowly.
• Then stir in:
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts

Instructions

• Line a bread pan with plastic wrap (I ran out, so I used foil).
• Pour your dough into the bread pan and pat it down. Chill for several hours.
• After it gets chilled and firm, put it out onto a cutting board and remove wrap.
• Slice crosswise in 1/4 inch slices and then slice those in 1/4 inch sticks and place on greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart (These do spread).
• Bake at 325 degrees for 12-13 minutes or till lightly browned.
• These are absolutely delicious plain, or you can drizzle them with a powdered sugar frosting (Duncan Hines also makes a vanilla frosting that you can drizzle out of a bottle).

These are perfect with your morning coffee or tea, or a glass of milk!