Cinnamon Shortbread Cookies

Total Time: 24 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees; lightly grease baking sheets.
• 2 place flour, cinnamon, and salt in work bowl of food processor; pulse five or six times until blended.
• 3 remove to a small bowl.
• 4 process butter and brown sugar about 30 seconds, scraping down sides once or twice, until light and fluffy.
• 5 add egg yolk and process about 10 seconds to blend.
• 6 add flour mixture and pulse six to eight times, just until blended.
• 7 wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill at least one hour or overnight (dough may also be frozen up to a month).
• 8 roll out dough, half at a time, to 1/8-inch thick.
• 9 cut with cookie cutter and place cookies two inches apart on baking sheets.
• 10 sprinkle with sugar.
• 11 bake seven to eight minutes until firm and just beginning to darken at edges.
• 12 cool on wire racks.