Sand Dollar Cinnamon Sugar Cookies #easy #cookies

Do you cherish sand dollars as much as me?! Attempt these simple to make sand dollar cinnamon sugar treats - that look simply like the genuine article! Yummy and impeccable!

These treats are completely tasty and I trust you attempt them! They're rich, delicate, marginally sandy like the earth they bring out and bring some truly necessary daylight to this blustery spell such a large number of us are experiencing. I split the formula and got precisely 24 treats, and included a spot of salt and vanilla concentrate to improve the kind of the mixture. This is an extraordinary task for a blustery evening when everything you can consider is being at the sea shore with your preferred individual :)

While I made these Sand Dollar Cinnamon Sugar Cookies, little miss V was given a little piece of batter all her own to make her own little manifestations (this mixture is PERFECT for those little hands to work with!)

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (15 sec in the microwave & another 5 sec will get you there, if you don’t want to wait for butter to soften on its own – HA – it is like watching paint dry – it’s simply fascinating ;)
• 2 cups powdered sugar (mmm mmm mmm…can taste the sugary goodness already!)
• 2 eggs whole
• 2 eggs separated (yolks in one bowl/whites in another – c’mon it’s fun!)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 pinches of kosher salt
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• cinnamon sugar (this gets sprinkled on top)
• sliced almonds

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and powdered sugar; Mix until very creamy. (I may or may not have taken a lick after this step – HA! ;)
3. Add the 2 whole eggs and 2 yolks only (reserve the whites for later from the egg separation above); Beat until well combined.
4. Add vanilla and salt; Blend well.
5. Add flour and baking powder; Stir until the dough is very soft.
6. Form a ball with the dough; Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours (I left mine in the fridge overnight).
7. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
8. Roll out the dough to 1/4" thick on a floured surface and cut out 2 5/8” circles.
9. Brush the circles with the reserved egg whites.
10. Sprinkle each circle lightly with cinnamon sugar and press 5 almond slices into the center of each circle to make a sand dollar (like the pic above).
11. Bake at 350° F for 3 minutes.
12. After 3 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and press the almonds in again, making slight indentations in the circle.
13. Add more cinnamon at this point too, if need be, to adjust the overall coloring of the final cookie.
14. Place the baking sheet back in the oven and bake until the edges are golden brown, another 10 minutes (this time will vary depending on how thick you cut the circles, so just keep an eye on them around the 7 minute mark).
15. Remove from oven; Let rest on baking sheet for 3 minutes.
16. Transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
17. Dig in!!!
18. Store in an airtight container to keep up to 5 days (Yeah right, these won’t last 5 minutes!)

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