These soft baked cookies are perfect for Christmas baking and they’re a cinch to make. Make a batch, or two, of these delightful cookies this holiday season, and enjoy them with your family and friends over a cup of coffee.
Ingredients make 24 cookies
1/2 cup unsalted butter -soft
1/3 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
Directions
- Cream the butter using an electric mixer on medium-low speed.
- Add in the sugar and cream together the butter and sugar on medium-low speed.
- Add in the egg and vanilla. Mix together the ingredients on low speed.
- Put the flour and the baking powder into a sifter.
- Gradually sift and cut the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Knead the dough to incorporate all the ingredients. Don’t over work the dough.
- When the ingredients are almost combined, add in the walnuts, and knead the dough to incorporate the walnuts.
- Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Using a tbsp measuring spoon, measure a tbsp of cookie dough, and roll it into a ball. I like to use a cookie scoop.
- Place on the parchment paper and continue until half the dough is rolled into dough balls.
- Mix together the sugar and the cinnamon.
- One by one, roll the dough balls in the sugar and cinnamon mixture, and place on the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes.
- Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.
- Continue with the remaining cookie dough.
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