Red Hot Cookies

Name: Red Hot Cookies
Ingredients: FOR THE COOKIES:; 1-1/2 cup Sugar; 1 cup Butter, Softened; 1 whole Egg; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract; 1/4 cups Cinnamon Candies (i.e. Red Hots); 1 whole Vanilla Bean, Seeds Scraped Out; 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon; 2-1/2 cups Flour; 1 teaspoon Baking Powder; 1/2 teaspoons Cream Of Tartar; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; _____; FOR THE FROSTING:; 1/2 cups Water; 1/2 cups Cinnamon Candies (i.e. Red Hots); 2 Tablespoons Butter, Softened; 1 whole Vanilla Bean, Seeds Scraped Out; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract; 2-1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

20 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE COOKIES:
1-1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup Butter, Softened
1 whole Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/4 cups Cinnamon Candies (i.e. Red Hots)
1 whole Vanilla Bean, Seeds Scraped Out
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
2-1/2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Cream Of Tartar
1/2 teaspoons Salt
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FOR THE FROSTING:
1/2 cups Water
1/2 cups Cinnamon Candies (i.e. Red Hots)
2 Tablespoons Butter, Softened
1 whole Vanilla Bean, Seeds Scraped Out
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2-1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

Directions

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1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
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2. For the cookies, cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add egg, vanilla, cinnamon and vanilla bean seeds.
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3. In a food processor, process the cinnamon candies into a powder (a few chunks are okay). Add to butter mix.
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4. Mix in flour, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt until fully incorporated.
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5. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a lined baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until done.
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6. Remove and let cool.
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7. Meanwhile, prepare the frosting. In a medium saucepan, boil water and cinnamon candies until candies are dissolved.
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8. In the bowl of an electric mixer (with the whisk attachment) cream butter, vanilla bean and vanilla. Add the cinnamon water.
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9. Mix in powdered sugar.
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10. Pop in the refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes to firm up.
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11. Scoop frosting into a Ziploc bag (or piping bag), snip if a corner and squeeze out to frost the cookies.