Thursday, October 7, 2010

12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies #2 - Cinnamon Cornflake Cookies


Have you ever seen a box of Cinnamon Cornflakes? It looks like this:


(pic taken from Kellogg's website)

I found a box of these at Wal-mart and just had to try them. They were pretty good and, as I ate them, I felt inspired to go forth and create a new cookie recipe - Cinnamon Cornflake Cookies.

(click on the pic for a better view)

Having grown up in Hawaii, I've eaten a lot of cornflake cookies in my day. It's an extremely popular recipe that's easy to make and delicious. The cornflakes add just the right touch of sweetness to the outside of the cookie and they also give the cookies a wonderful crunch.

Well, as I ate my Cinnamon Cornflakes, I thought, why not use these in my cornflake cookie recipe? And, since I'm using cinnamon cornflakes, I might as well give the entire cookie a cinnamon makeover while I'm at it.

I started off by adding some cinnamon to the dough itself. Then, I rolled the balls of dough in my cinnamon cornflakes. Finally, I decided to experiment just a little further and sprinkled cinnamon-sugar on top of a few of the cookies. I had no idea if any of this would even work, but since I only made a quarter of the recipe, I figured I had nothing to lose.


I then tasted my creation. The ones without the cinnamon-sugar on them were just okay (prettier, but just okay). But, the ones with the cinnamon-sugar, WOW!!! As I ate them, the taste and texture immediately reminded me of churros. It was incredible and I was so pleased that they turned out so well.


I guess I now need to go and make a full batch of these cookies. Hopefully, these cinnamon cornflakes are here to stay because I definitely want these cookies on my Christmas platter.

What? I'm sorry, there aren't any left.
I did say I only made a small batch and they will go fast.

Cinnamon Cornflake Cookies (aka Churro Cookies by Me)

1 cup butter/margarine
3/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
crushed cinnamon cornflakes
2 Tbsp. sugar + 2 tsp. cinnamon (for sprinkling)

Cream the butter with the sugar. Add the vanilla and mix to combine. Add the cinnamon and flour. Roll the dough into 1" balls and roll the balls in the crushed cornflakes. Place them on a baking sheet and flatten (you want the finished cookies to be crispy and they won't flatten on their own). Sprinkle the cookies with cinnamon-sugar. Bake at 350F for 10-12 min. until the tops of the cookies feel firm and dry to the touch.

Note: If you can't find cinnamon cornflakes, don't worry about it. You can still make regular cornflake cookies using plain cornflakes and omitting the cinnamon and cinnamon-sugar sprinkle from the recipe. I assure you, the plain version is also very, very good.

This recipe has been linked to:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday
A Prairie Story's "Recipe Swap Thursday"

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41 comments:

  1. Cinnamon Cornflake in Cinnamon dough and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar! Sounds like triple the fun!

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  2. They're lovely, and I'm a huge everything cinnamon fan, but I haven't seen any cinnamon cornflakes yet. Too bad they're gone, I'll have to bake them myself, I guess :)))

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  3. I love churros, but they are so messy - these seems tidier - a wonderful plus! Thanks for sharing your creation with us!

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  4. I love cornflake cookies! These cinnamon cornflakes would be great... we don't have them in Australia! I notice your 12 weeks of Christmas linky didn't work, like mine. Any idea on how to get it to work?

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  5. I have not seen these cornflakes! I also have never had a cornflake cookie, but after these I think I now have a new recipe to try!

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  6. I have never tried a cornflake cookie, but now I want one. YUM!!!

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  7. How fun! I love cinnamon in any form - although I've never seen cinnamon cornflakes.

    Congrats on coming up with a new recipe - it's always great when experiments turn out right!

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  8. Mmm, cinnamon cornflakes! If these taste like churros, I'm all over them!

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  9. I've never heard of Cinnamon Cornflakes, but anything with cinnamon added is yummy! How creative that you conjured up your own recipe! I bet these cookies are delicious because I love churros:)

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  10. Sounds like gr8 texture n taste ... want to try this but we dont get the cinnamon corn flakes here, i guess i'll just have to add some cinnamon to it... thanks for sharing.

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  11. These sound wonderful! I haven't seen the Cinnamon and Sugar Cornflakes yet but now we'll be on the watch! And churros - yum! Can't wait to try these!

    www.makingmemorieswithyourkids.blogspot.com

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  12. I've heard of these cornflakes. What a great cookie creation. I love anything with cinnamon, especially cinnamon and sugar.

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  13. These sound amazing! I love churros so I'm making these for sure... haven't seen those particular corn flakes but I'm going to look for them the next time I'm at the store! Thanks for the recipe!

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  14. Ooh, fun. I've not seen the Cinnamon Cornflakes.
    What a great creation. You could roll the balls of dough in a cinnamon sugar mixture, too. (Cover both sides of the cookie, you know! ;)

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  15. Great idea on these cookies! I think the ones with the cinnamon sugar look like they'd taste a bit better too. Great idea on the 12 weeks of Xmas cookies, looks like fun!

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  16. Fun! I will definitely be looking for these new cinnamon corn flakes! I love your creativity in making these cookies and so happy they came out dee'lish for you! :-)

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  17. What a fun bake along!!! I'm always looking for new Christmas cookie recipes, so I'm going to visit you often!

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  18. What a unique recipe! I've never seen those corn flakes but I'm going to be looking for them now!

    Love your blog!

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  19. That is new to me : ). Maybe I shall try to season my plain corn flakes with cinnamon sugar. Thanks for your inspirations and thanks for dropping by.

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  20. Do you have Cookie Man over there? Well, they also have a cornflake cookie with currants (delicious). Your cookie reminds me of them, and I'm definitely going to try them with cinnamon, too. Thanks for the recipe!

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  21. I've never had those cinnamon corn flakes before.. your cookies sound so good! sort of like a snickerdoodle with some added crunch.

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  22. I'm with Tawny - but I've never even HEARD of cornflake cookies before! Pretty genius concept. But I think I'm a little jealous about that whole "growing up in Hawaii" line you tossed out there. You lucky duck!

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  23. what a great adaptation! i didn't even know that cinnamon cornflakes existed!

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  24. I've never tasted cornflake cookies before. These are on my must try list.

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  25. Anything with cinnamon in it makes me happy! These are very creative and delicious sounding. What a great turnout for the cookie event!

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  26. These look delicious. I love the idea of cornflakes in a cookie, and if they taste like a churro, I know will love them. They sound great:)

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  27. Mmm i love cornflakes! these look delicious!

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  28. Lisa, I love this cookie recipe! Nicely done.

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  29. What a creative way to use corn flakes. Nice!

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  30. Your cookies sound delicious! I think I will try these for one of my holiday cookies this year! Thanks for stopping by with the nice comment :-)

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  31. They sound awesome! I haven't seen these in stores yet but I will keep my eyes open. What island did you live on? I went to UH Hilo for school... some of the best years of my life...there is no place like Hawaii!

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  32. This is a serious reminder to me that I do not bake cookies often enough. What am I thinking? I guess 'not thinking' is what's going on here. I will definitely be adding something to your 'linky list' very soon!

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  33. I have not seen cinnamon cornflakes over here before, should really look out for this on my next visit to the supermarket. Thank you for visiting me. I'm your new follower. I will definitely be back again. Have a lovely day!

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  34. I just bought a couple of boxes of those, they were on sale and I had coupons. I'll bet they make wonderful cookies! Thanks!

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  35. You had me at "churros". What a great treat! I'm glad I found your Christmas Cookie roundup. Great idea. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
    Debby

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  36. YUM! I've never heard of Cornflake cookies (or the cinnamon Cornflakes) but those look so delicious!

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  37. OK YUM!! I've never had corn flake cookies but now I need to try them! :)

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  38. Oh, wow! I need to go to the store and see if there is cinnamon cornflakes.

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  39. These sound amazing! If I find the cinnamon corn flakes, I definitely want to try these! I think the ones with the sugar sprinkle on top are very pretty!

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  40. Thank you for linking up with me. Cool recipe I finally have something close to churros

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