Portuguese Cinnamon Butter Cookies Raivas Recipes

Steps:

• Line cookie sheets with parchment or foil.
• Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
• Stir the flour and cinnamon together and set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer that has a paddle attachment until soft and light, about 2-3 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating smooth after each addition.
• By hand, use a rubber spatula to stir in the flour mixture.
• Scape the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and fold the dough over onto itself 2 or 3 times until it's smooth.
• Roll the dough into a cylinder and divide it into 6 equal pieces.
• Cut each of the 6 pieces of dough in half, then in half again, making 24 pieces of dough in total.
• Roll one piece of dough into a rope about 20 inches long and join the ends to make it a circle.
• Place the circle on one of the prepared pans and puch into a frown or inch worm shape(still with space in the middle), then just push the dough in at random spots making an irregular shape to crinkle it.
• Continue with the remaining pieces of dough, placing 9 on each pan.
• Bake the raivas until they are slightly puffed, deep golden, and firm when pressed with a fingertip, about 12-15 minutes.(Change the position of pand from upper to lower rack at least once during baking).
• Slide the papers from the pans to racks, to cool the cookies.
• Store in a container for up to a week.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, blend sugars with a mixer. Add butter and mix.
• Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until light and fluffy.
• Add flour mixture and blend just until combined. Do not overmix.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Roll in combination of remaining sugar and cinnamon.
• Place 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes.
• Remove immediately from pan and cool.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the cornstarch and white sugar. Add the butter and cream well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Combine the flour and baking powder; stir into the sugar mixture until a dough forms. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden brown at the edges. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Cream together butter and all but 2 Tablespoons of the sugar.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time and beat until light.
• Add sifted flour and salt alternately with sherry, mixing well.
• Fill cookie press with dough and press out each wreath onto ungreased or parchment lined cookie sheets.
• Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes.
• Combine the cinnamon with the reserved 2 tablespoons sugar and sprinkle warm cookies with the mixture.