Cinnamon Snap Cookies

It’s cookie time! Garrett has baked up some cinnamon snaps for us that are delightfully crispy. Enjoy! ~Elise

Back home in Southern California my family usually spends Christmas time around the fireplace with a large fire roaring. My brothers and I take turns bringing in more wood for the fire and my dad, who knows how to judge a fire, knows when to poke the logs to get a good blaze going. Then we all relax with a book and just enjoy the quiet of each other’s company or simply watch the glowing embers and talk.

I don’t have a fireplace in my apartment. I mean I do, but it’s a decorative one. The kind where you press a switch and two or three tiny flat flames flicker with less glow than most night lights. It certainly doesn’t heat the room worth a darn either. A good fire with family is probably what I miss most about not being with them this year.

These cookies are a comfort though. They snap, crunch, and pop like a good fire, and lots of cinnamon gives them plenty of warmth. In fact, if you could taste and savor a Christmas fire on your tongue I’m willing to bet it would taste like these cinnamon snap cookies.

Remember, the best way to enjoy these to share them with family. If they aren’t there then send some in the mail and enjoy them together over the phone.

Cinnamon Snap Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (3/4 cup or 1 1/2 sticks), at room temperature
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 large egg
• extra sugar and ground cinnamon for coating

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