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Cinnamon Red Hots Sugar Cookies
Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- Butter
- Shortening
- Sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla
- Almond extract
- Baking powder
- Flour
Red Hots Sugar Cookies Frosting
Ingredients
- Red hots candy
- Butter
- Vanilla
- Milk
- Powdered sugar
Easy Way to Shape Sugar Cookies
These cookies will puff when baked, so make sure to really press down. I like pressing down until the edges come up over the side of the jar. See the video for a great visual.
These sugar cookies bake up in just 10 minutes. Let them rest on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
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Cinnamon Red Hots Sugar Cookies Recipe
Cinnamon Red Hots Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup corn starch
- 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour
Cinnamon Red Hots Frosting
- 3/4 cup red hots candies crushed
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4-5 Tbsp milk
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl combine butter, shortening and sugar. Beat until fluffy.
- Turn mixer down and add egg, vanilla and almond extract. Add baking powder. Sift in and flour and cornstarch until mixed thoroughly (1-2 minutes).
- Scoop dough, using a medium cookie scoop, onto ungreased baking sheets. Roll each scoop of dough into a ball.
- Press a glass into each cookie dough ball to flatten. Dip glass in sugar to keep the glass from sticking to the cookie dough.
- Bake cookies for 10 minutes. Allow to cool on pan 3-5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
- Crush cinnamon red hots in a bag with a rolling pin, or pulse in a food processor until it resembles coarse sand. Set aside.Mix remaining frosting ingredients with electric mixer. Stire in red hots candy. Spread over cookies.
Notes
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
Haunani Thunell says
YUM! LOVE cinnamon. LOVE red hots! LOVE the 4th of July. Definitely making these. Oh, and those star shaped marshmallows are too cute. Hope I can find some at the grocery store. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Brandy says
You are welcome! I found these marshmallows for $1 at Walmart in the baking section. Good luck!
Brenda says
Now that looks so yummy!! I love red hot and cinnamon so this would be perfect to me!!! Now I can’t wait to try this out! Thanks Brandy!
Brandy says
Anytime, Brenda! 🙂
ingrid@nowathomemom says
they look very pretty and so delicious too these firework cupcakes! 🙂
stopping by from Tatertots and Jello
Ingrid
Megan says
Mmmmm, these look so yummy!! I’m totally going to make these tonight! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Stacey says
could you melt the red hots for a smoother texture rather than crush them up?
Brandy says
I haven’t tried melting red hots before. I’d imagine that would be delicious, too!
Janice says
I don’t understand what the lemons are for with the Red Hot Sugar Cookies. It said that we would need them but not what we were supposed to be to do with them. Thanks so much. I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Brandy says
I cloned my lemon sugar cookie recipe and changed a few things to create this one. Must have missed that sentence. Thanks! No lemons necessary for these cookies!