Snacks & baking
Cinnamon cookies (ghrayba bil guerfa)
Small buttery shortbread cookies rolled in a mixture of cinnamon and icing sugar. They are melt-in-the-mouth, lightly fragrant, and best enjoyed with tea.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Enrobage
Spices & seasoning
Nutrition facts
601 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 9.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 75.3 g
- of which sugars
- 33.7 g
- Fat
- 27.7 g
- Fiber
- 2.7 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170 °C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Beat the soft butter with the icing sugar until creamy.
- Add the egg yolk, vanilla and the pinch of salt, and mix.
- Work in the flour and cinnamon until you have a smooth dough that no longer sticks to your fingers.
- Shape into small balls about 2 cm across, then roll them into crescent or ball shapes.
- Place them on the tray, spaced slightly apart, and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the bottoms are just golden.
- Mix the icing sugar and cinnamon for the coating, then roll the cookies in it while still warm.
- Let cool completely before serving.
Variations and tips
Lemon version. Replace the cinnamon with the finely grated zest of an unwaxed lemon.
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Original Ecomely recipe.