cinnamon butter cookies
categories:  Cookies | International   

Prepared: 2008-12-07

better known as raivas in Portugal. A specialty of the Beira Litoral region of Portugal, these crunchy cookies are easy and fun to make with these five basic ingredients

ingredients:

• 2 cups All purpose flour
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
  
• ¼ cup or ½ stick of Unsalted butter, softened
  
• ½ cup Sugar
• 3 large Eggs

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix flour and cinnamon together and set aside.
• Cream softened butter and sugar on medium speed for 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
• Then add eggs, one at a time.
• Blend it in well after each addition.
• Fold in the flour mixture using a spatula.
• Then knead the dough on a slightly floured surface by folding it over on itself until it is smooth.
• Divide dough into 24 pieces of approximately equal weight.
• Work with one piece of dough and keep the others under a piece of plastic to prevent moisture loss.
• Roll each piece into a rope about 20-inches long and form a circle.
• After placing the circle on a prepared cookie sheet, push its sides in toward the center in an irregular pattern.
• Bake until they are slightly puffed with a deep golden color and firm to touch.
• It should take about 12 - 15 minutes depending on your oven.
• If the heat of your oven is strong at the bottom, you may want to stack 2 cookie sheets together.
• Transfer the entire parchment paper with cinnamon butter cookies on it to wire racks to cool.
• Store these crunchy raivas in an airtight container.