Cinnamon Raisin Cut Out Cookies with Cinnamon Icing
Cinnamon raisin toast smells so yummy popping out of the toaster, I thought I’d give Cinnamon Raisin Cut Out Cookies and try and guess what? They smell just as yummy coming out of the oven. I iced them with a Cinnamon Icing, needless to say, they didn’t last long.
Cinnamon Raising Cut Out Cookie Recipe {Printable}
1c unsalted butter
1 ½ c confectioner’s sugar
1 egg
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon Extract
2 ¾-3 c all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
½ cup Raisins chopped with 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
Cream together butter and confectioner’s sugar. Add to this the egg and flavorings. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, adding this mixture one cupful at a time to the wet ingredients.
Add chopped raisins. Mix until the dough forms a ball on the paddle. Roll out on floured parchment paper and cut into desired shapes.
I adapted Callye’s Lemon Poppy Cookies to create these.
the tip for chopping raisins for these cookies is to coat them with powdered sugar so they chop easily and don’t entirely stick to the knife when chopping.
This also makes the raisins less moist, which is what I wanted. I wasn’t looking for a chewy oatmeal raisin cookie texture. The raisins add a great flavor and texture to these cookies. These cookies are one of my husbands favorites, he said they are like “crack” I could name them Crack Cookies, but I wouldn’t want there to be trouble when my kids bring them to school and say, “hey would you like one of my “Crack Cookie” you can see how that would most likely get me into trouble. And no there is no real crack in them, they are just addictive to eat!
Since the raisins are chopped it didn’t make it too difficult to roll the dough out.
The dough rolled out fairly smooth, making it easy to cut with a cookie cutter.
Bake the cookies at 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes. Cool cookies completely before icing.
Cinnamon Icing Recipe
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon corn syrup
½ teaspoon cinnamon
5 drops cinnamon extract
2 teaspoons water
6 drops white Americolor food coloring
Mix sugar, syrup, flavorings, and water along with food coloring until creamy. Add a drop at a time more water if needed until you get a smooth consistency.
Pipe icing on cookies with a piping bag with a #4 Tip and fill in the icing so the cookies look smooth.
valerie says
February 26, 2012 at 10:43 amMercy Me – This is a whole new level of cookie greatness!! YUM
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
February 26, 2012 at 12:15 pmThey look soooo good! I love cinn/raisin combos in most anything from oatmeal to rolls…and I bet these cookies are amazing!
Glory/ Glorious Treats says
February 26, 2012 at 2:09 pmYum, these look so delicious!!! Gorgeous as always Diane!
beti says
February 26, 2012 at 6:05 pmI love this combination, it’s a classic and never fails, making cookies with cinnamon and raisins sound really good
Jean (Lemons and Anchovies) says
February 26, 2012 at 6:17 pmI love anything with cinnamon raisin. Using the duo in a cookie is brilliant! 🙂
Bibi @ Frugal Wannabe Cooks says
February 26, 2012 at 7:36 pmThese look absolutely delicious and what a clever idea to cover raisins from my youngest raisin picker upper.
Andrea (questfordelish) says
February 26, 2012 at 7:43 pmI would have never thought to put raisins in cut out cookie. These look so amazing and now I am dying to make them.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
February 27, 2012 at 3:28 amWhat a fabulous idea, I love that these are cinnamon raisin roll out cookies!
Jeanette says
February 27, 2012 at 3:43 amWhat a creative cut out cookie idea!
[email protected] says
February 27, 2012 at 4:47 amDiane, awesome tip about the powdered sugar! I hate chopping raisins because they always stick.
Amanda says
February 27, 2012 at 9:02 amYum, those are beautiful, Diane! That cookie dough is gorgeous!! 🙂
aarthi says
February 27, 2012 at 9:49 amThat looks delicious…
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Vanessa says
February 27, 2012 at 10:48 amthese Look so super awesome!!!!! I will def have to try this recipe!
Thank you for sharing!
Katherines Corner says
February 27, 2012 at 11:11 amyou had me at cinnamon xo
Paula says
February 28, 2012 at 7:15 pmWhen I saw the title in my reader I was expecting to see a drop cookie. Imagine my sheer delight when I see that it’s a rolled cookie and even better, an iced rolled cookie!!! I love this recipe 🙂
Diane says
February 28, 2012 at 9:27 pmThanks Paula! Cutting the raisins really helped to be able to roll the dough out fairly smooth 🙂
Sue says
March 6, 2012 at 10:23 pmAnother recipe to showcase your brilliance! Time to pin!
shelly (cookies and cups) says
March 9, 2012 at 4:38 amHow great do these sound?? I would have never thought to add raisins to a cut out cookie. Very smart, friend!
Diane says
March 9, 2012 at 8:52 amThanks Shelly 🙂 I wasn’t sure they would roll out so I cut the raisins and they rolled out easily 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Margaret Nelson says
March 21, 2012 at 4:09 pmI think I might just be in cookie heaven!! Those look delicious!
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