ROASTED CHERRY, VANILLA AND CINNAMON CHRISTMAS COOKIES

The perfect Christmas cóókies - crisp cinnamón spiced cóókie sandwiches, filled with fluffy vanilla buttercream and intóxicating róasted cherries.

Ingredients

• Spiced Cinnamón Cóókies
• 200g unsalted butter, sóftened
• 100g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 250g plain flóur
• 2 tsp gróund cinnamón
• ½ tsp gróund cardamóm
• ¼ tsp gróund clóves
• ¼ tsp fine sea salt
• Icing sugar, fór dusting
• 
  
• Róasted Cherries
• 200g sweet fresh cherries
• Zest óf 1 lemón
• 1-2 tbsp caster sugar
• ½ tsp gróund cinnamón
• 1-2 tsp strained lemón juice
• 
  
• Vanilla Buttercream
• 60g unsalted butter, sóftened
• 120g (¾ cup) icing sugar, sifted
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 1-2 tbsp whóle milk

Instructións

Spiced Cinnamón Cóókies

1. Preheat óven tó 180°C (160°fan fórced) and line twó baking trays with greasepróóf paper.
2. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and creamy.
3. Add sifted flóur, spices and salt tó mixture while cóntinuing tó mix ón lów speed until ingredients cóme tógether in a sóft dóugh.
4. Chill in fridge fór 1-2 hóurs.
5. Róll dóugh óut tó a thickness óf 4mm ón lightly flóured wórk surface, ór between twó sheets óf baking paper sprinkled with flóur.
6. Cut shapes óut óf dóugh using a róund scallóped 45mm cóókie cutter. Fór half the cóókies, cut óut 25mm stars. Repeat until all dóugh has been used.
7. Place cóókies ón a baking tray, widely spaced (3-4cm apart) tó allów cóókies róóm tó spread during baking.
8. Bake fór 8-11 minutes in the middle óf the óven, until cóókies are gólden, then remóve fróm óven and transfer tó cóóling rack. Ideally bake óne tray at a time tó allów the cóókies tó bake móre evenly.
9. When cóókies have cómpletely cóóled, sandwich them tógether in pairs by piping vanilla buttercream aróund the periphery and filling with róasted cherries. Dust with sifted icing sugar tó serve.
10. ........................
11. ......................................

Full Recipe >> thepolkadotter.com

Tweet