Recipe Marathon Day 3 Mexican Cinnamon Cookies

 My mother is fond of cookies ,so i try to look for such recipes which dont have egg as she is vegeterian ,so while flipping through my cake nd cookies book when i saw the recipe of Mexican Cinnamon Cookies ,i thought of giving it a try,for two good reason,first the recipe looked quiet simple and the second the recipe being eggless,so in the middle of night i preheated the oven and started kneading the dough,..:-)

They are also known as Pastelitos ,these cookies are traditional sweet shortbreads,served at wedding in Mexico,these cookies are specially dusted with icing sugar to match the brides dress.

Recipe Name Mexican Cinnamon Cookies

Recipe Source Baking book

Recipe Style Baking

Preparation tim

Baking Temperature

Ingredient needed

115gm butter

115gm plain flour

25gm sugar

50gm cornflour

1.5ml ground cinnamon

30ml chopped nuts

25gm icing sugar

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 160 degree centigrade

grease a baking sheet and keep aside

beat sugar and butter together till pale and creamy keep aside

Procedure

Sift the plain flour ,corn flour and ground cinnamon into the butter and sugar mixture

gradually work with wooden spoon till the mixture comes together

knead the dough lightly till completely smooth.

Take tablespoonful of the mixture,roll into small balls and arrange on the baking sheet

press few chopped nuts on top of each and then flatten slightly.

Bake the cookies for 30-35 mins till pale golden.

Remove from oven and while they are still warm toss them in sifted icing sugar.

Leave the cookies to cool before serving.

These Warm Cookies are my third entry for Recipe Marathon Day 3 hosted by Nupur of One Hot Stove

For list of runners click here

For day 1 recipes of the runners click here

For day 2 recipes of the runners click here

Happy weekend frens will catch up with all tomorrow,..:-)tkcre,..