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Brown butter brown sugar cinnamon sugar cutouts

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I am trying to find different cutout  recipes to use my heart shaped cookie cutters, so I thought “why not brown sugar cinnamon sugar?  And I was in a bit of a hurry, so I decided to use brown butter too. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also preheat your oven to 375 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 10 tbs butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 tbs egg beaters or egg whites (or one half of an egg
  • 2 tbs water
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Set aside.  In a pan, over medium low heart,  brown butter.    It takes 10 minutes or so and looks like this.

Pour in a bowl and let it sit at room temp for 10 minutes.  Blend in brown sugar.  Mix in water and egg beaters/egg whites/half egg.   Blend in dry ingredients.  If dough seems a little dry, add another tbs or 2 of water.   Sprinkle fllour a flat surface to whatever thickness you want.  cut out cookies.  

place on prepared sheet. 

Bake 7 to 9 minutes.  Cool completely. 

Frost or make sandwich cookies. I used a buttercream frosting and added cinnamon sugar.  

How good do these look?

Store in covered container.

Frosted Churro Cookies

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One of today’s treats are frosted Churro cookies.  Basically a sugar cookie sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and topped with buttercream frosting.  I actually have an electric, plug in churro maker – similar to a foreman grill.  Yet I have never used it!  one of several kitchen gadgets i bought but rarely use, or have ever used

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right eight amount.   chilled them smushed doughs overnight to keep them thick.  Preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 2 1/2 -2 3/4 cups flour
  • Water (might need a tbs or 2 if dough seems too dry)
  • Cinnamon sugar mixture

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, oil, powdered sugar, egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Add a tbs or 2 of water if dough seems too dry.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.   Spray the bottom of a drinking glass with pam.  Dip bottom of glass in sugar.  Slightly flatten.  Sprinkle top of cookie with cinnamon sugar.   Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies.  Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 to 4 tbs milk

Combine ingredients in a bowl.  Frost cookies. 

Store in covered container.