Best 10 Cinnamon Wafer Cookies Recipes

CREAM WAFERS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter, flour and cream. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle. , Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 1-1/4-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sugar. Prick each cookie 3-4 times with a fork. , Bake 7-9 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool., In a small bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough cream to achieve desired consistency. Remove half to another bowl; tint one portion of filling with red food coloring and the other half with green. Carefully spread filling on bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.

CINNAMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• On a large piece of waxed paper, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and ginger.
• Cream the shortening and 1 cup of the sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the flour mixture and mix to combine. Mix in the molasses and the egg. Cover the dough in plastic wrap and chill until firm, 1 hour.
• Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Roll the dough balls in the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet, spaced 1- to 1 1/2-inches apart.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container.

MORAVIAN SPICE COOKIE WAFERS (UNITED STATES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, pepper and mustard together in a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until just combined and lightly fluffy. Beat in the molasses and egg yolk. Gradually add the dry ingredients and mix together on low speed until dough is just combined and still crumbly, about 3 minutes. Give dough a few turns with a spatula to bring together.
• Lay out wax paper on a clean work surface and put about 1/3 of the batter on top. Lightly press down and top with another sheet of wax paper. Using your hands or a rolling pin, gently pat into a rectangle. Roll out with a rolling pin until dough is as thin as possible without breaking, no thicker than 1/16 inch thick. This is the key to these cookies: they really can't be too thin. Gently peel back the layer of waxed paper and then replace it loosely.
• Transfer rolled batter to a flat baking sheet and freeze until firm and can easily be peeled away from the waxed paper, about 30 minutes. Repeat with the remaining dough.
• Cut dough using a small (2- to 3-inch) fluted round cookie cutter and return to the freezer for 15 minutes to set. Transfer frozen cookies to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake until crisp and lightly, evenly colored (but not brown), about 10 minutes.

CINNAMON SUGAR VANILLA WAFER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl or mixer, beat on medium speed sugar and butter for about 2 minutes - until creamed.
• Add vanilla and egg and beat on medium for about 1 minute.
• In a small bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add flour mixture to bowl and mix on low speed until combined. Add milk and combine.
• Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Using a 1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon, scoop batter and roll into balls.
• Roll balls in cinnamon sugar and place onto baking sheet.
• Bake wafers for about 12 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.

VANILLA WAFER COOKIES THAT ARE BETTER THAN STOREBOUGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix the dry ingredients thoroughly into butter mixture. Drop cookies about 2 inches apart, 1 teaspoon at a time, onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.

CRACKLY CINNAMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter with both sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low; gradually add flour mixture. Beat until combined.
• Scoop dough using a 1 1/2-inch scoop (about 1 1/2-tablespoons); transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly with a spatula. Sprinkle tops with sanding sugar, then lightly brush with a wet pastry brush and sprinkle with more sanding sugar.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until cookies are just beginning to brown at edges, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on sheets, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

COUNTDOWN # 8 EGGNOG PUMPKIN MILK SHAKE WITH CINNAMON WAFER COOKIES

Steps:

• Add all the milk shake ingredients except the ice cream into a blender and blend until smooth. Add the ice cream and blend until smooth and thick. Pour into glasses, garnish with whipped cream, ground nutmeg, and a Cinnamon Wafer Cookie shard.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9- by 13-inch cookie sheet.
• In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredient mixture. Spread the mixture thinly and evenly on the prepared cookie sheet. Bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool. Break into shards. Use as garnish for Pumpkin Milk Shakes.

CINNAMON SUGAR VANILLA WAFERS

Steps:

• Mix 1 1/2 cup sugar and butter in large mixer bowl; cream with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually add baking powder to sifted flour and sift again.
• Gradually add to the butter mixture, mixing well; stir in the milk and combine well.
• Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400° and lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside.
• Lightly flour your work surface and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Roll cold dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut with 2-inch cookie cutters.
• Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets; sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake 6-8 minutes. Remove from sheets and place cool on wire racks.

CINNAMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Make the dough: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside. In another large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture; beat until combined. Divide dough in half; form into two 3/4-inch-thick disks. Wrap each in plastic; refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Roll out and freeze: Place one disk between two sheets of floured parchment paper; roll out to an 1/8-inch thickness, lightly dusting dough with flour as needed. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters; if dough gets soft, chill 10 minutes. (To bake right away, follow directions in step 3.) Using a metal spatula with a thin blade, transfer cut-out shapes to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Re-roll scraps; cut more shapes. Repeat with remaining disk. Place baking sheet in freezer; once frozen, transfer shapes to a resealable plastic bag. Freeze up to 1 month.
• Bake: Preheat oven to 325. Line baking sheets with parchment; bake, decorating if desired (see note, below), until edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through-this time range applies whether dough is frozen or not. Cool cookies 1 minute on sheets, and transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

ORANGE CINNAMON WAFERS

Steps:

• Blend together butter, sugar, and zest with a rubber spatula. Add egg white and stir until combined well. Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt onto butter mixture and stir until flour is just incorporated. Chill dough, covered (or in pastry bag if using), until firm but not hard, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Pipe or drop 1/2-teaspoon mounds about 3 inches apart onto lightly buttered baking sheets and bake in batches until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets until warm (about 2 minutes), then transfer to a rack to cool completely.