Cinnamon Walnut Icebox Cookies #CreativeCookieExchange
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Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat. Yep, that song is firmly stuck in my head this week and I’m having a hard time believing that Christmas will be here in just 5 weeks! Usually by this point in the year I’ve tried several Christmas cookies to see which ones I want on my list. So far this year I’ve made one Christmas cookie and it’s this one.
I usually make a few simple cookies and then a few pretty complex cookies. This is one of the easier cookies to make. I like making icebox cookies because you can make the dough in advance, freeze it, then take it out when you are ready to use it. It makes it nice because I can make the dough a week or two ahead of time then when I’m super busy without much time I can just pull it out, slice it, and bake it.
These cookies are a simple dough studded with chopped walnuts and flavored with cinnamon. Before slicing and baking they are also rolled in a cinnamon, sugar, and salt mixture. This makes the edges crisp and the middle of the cookies soft and chewy.
These cinnamon cookies are great for Christmas cookie trays because they stay fresh for a week or so and are sturdy enough to be transferred between plates and platters. They would also make a great holiday cookie exchange cookie because they are something a little different and they hold up well.
Cinnamon Walnut Icebox Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 2 sticks butter softened
- 3/4 c. sugar
- 1/3 c. brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/3 c. flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 c. chopped walnuts
For the cinnamon sugar mixture:
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.Using a stand mixer or
- Add egg and vanilla and beat well.
- In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until well combined.
- Fold in the walnuts.
- Pour the dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap and wrap it up in a ball form. Chill for one hour.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and divide in half. Place each half on a sheet of waxed paper. Shape the dough into a 6 log using the wax paper to help you roll it up.
- Twist the edges of the waxed paper to seal it. Place in the freezer for 2 hours (or overnight). If storing longer then overnight wrap in plastic wrap as well.
- Remove from freezer and let it sit out for 5 minutes to make it easier to slice.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl combine the cinnamon, sugar, and sea salt.
- Roll the logs in the sugar mixture pressing the cinnamon/sugar onto outside of log.
- Slice ¼ inch thick and bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
Are we the only ones who start craving cinnamon when the weather gets colder? We can’t be! And we are talking anything sold under the word cinnamon–cassia, “true Cinnamon”, Ceylon Cinnamon, Vietnamese Cinnamon–if it is sold as cinnamon it is what we want! Check out all of our cinnamon cookies below! Hint: A lot of them could be used for your holiday cookie table!
You can also use us as a great resource for cookie recipes. Be sure to check out our Pinterest Board and our monthly posts (you can find all of them here at The Spiced Life). You will be able to find them the first Tuesday after the 15th of each month! Also, if you are looking for inspiration to get in the kitchen and start baking, check out what all of the hosting bloggers have made:
You can also use us as a great resource for cookie recipes. Be sure to check out our Pinterest Board and our monthly posts (you can find all of them here at The Spiced Life). You will be able to find them the first Tuesday after the 15th of each month! Also, if you are looking for inspiration to get in the kitchen and start baking, check out what all of the hosting bloggers have made:
- Browned Butter Snickerdoodles by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Cinnamon Chocolate Star Cookies by Baking Yummies
- Cinnamon Crunch Cookies by 2 Cookin’ Mamas
- Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies by The Spiced Life
- Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies with White Chocolate Glaze by Our Good Life
- Cinnamon Pecan Elephant Ears by Noshing With The Nolands
- Cinnamon Roll Cookies by A Baker’s House
- Cinnamon Sugar Cookies by Magnolia Days
- Cinnamon Waffle Cookies by A Shaggy Dough Story
- Cinnamon Walnut Icebox Cookies by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Cream Cheese Cinnamon Roll Cookies by Food Lust People Love
- Polvorones by Oven Delights
- Speculoos (Dutch Windmill Cookies) by Upstate Ramblings
I love easy refrigerator cookies – they are quick and tasty.
Cinnamon just lends itself to slice and bake lol–all of our great minds thought alike. 😉 These look wonderful!
Im going to have to start freezing cookie dough in advance for my holiday baking, it should save me some time! Im just always afraid it will taste like freezer, I need to be brave!
I like having a collection of recipes for ice box cookies. So nice to make ahead then bake as needed.
Mmmm, walnuts and cinnamon make a great pairing!!
Love a good icebox cookie. Perfect for the holidays!!
You just had to add that song in the beginning. Now I can’t get it out of my head either! lol I haven’t made icebox cookies in ages and I forgot how easy and convenient they are. Your combo with the walnuts and salty cinnamon sugar on the outside sounds delish. I think I see icebox cookies in my future.
LOL! That song sticks in my head every year.
That’s my favorite part about icebox cookies too, Heather, that they can just wait until I am ready to bake! I love your nutty, cinnamon version!
Thanks! I’m planning on making a bunch at the beginning of December then bake them whenever we have guests over!
I think ice box cookies are so perfect for this time of year! These sound tasty.
great looking cookies !!!
What nutty, cinnamon-y goodness!