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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