{"id":211,"date":"2007-11-18T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T13:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2007-11-18T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T13:19:07","slug":"iced-cinnamon-shortbread-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Iced Cinnamon Shortbread Sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3858.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/IMG_3858.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This recipe is adapted from an old Pillsbury recipe booklet (the kind that you see at the supermarket checkout).  They turned out pretty yummy, even though I didn&#8217;t bake them quite long enough.  I also made them too long the first time, so if you follow the recipe exactly, yours will look half as long as the ones in the photo.  I&#8217;m probably going to bake another batch for Thanksgiving, so I&#8217;ll have another shot to get them PERFECT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iced Cinnamon Shortbread Sticks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3\/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar<br \/>\n1 cup butter, softened<br \/>\n1 tsp. Mexican vanilla<br \/>\n1 egg<br \/>\n2  3\/4 cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1  1\/4 tsp cinnamon spice blend, divided (see recipe below)<br \/>\n1  1\/2 cups powdered sugar<br \/>\n2 &#8211; 4 Tbsp. unfiltered apple juice<\/p>\n<p>In a stand mixer, combine the brown sugar, butter, vanilla and egg; beat until light and fluffy.  Add flour and 3\/4 tsp of the cinnamon spice blend; mix well until dough forms a ball.  Flatten the ball of dough slightly, until it forms a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Heat oven to 350 degrees.  On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a square about 12 X 12 inches.  Cut dough into 1 X 3 inch strips with a pastry wheel or sharp knife, using a clean ruler as a guide.  Place sticks 1\/2 apart on parchment-lined cookie sheets.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 350 degrees for 12 &#8211; 15 minutes or until edges are browning slightly.  Immediately remove from cookie sheets.  Set aside to cool completely.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a small bowl, blend powdered sugar and remaining 1\/2 tsp of spice blend, starting out with 2 Tbsp. apple juice, until smooth, adding more apple juice, if needed, for desired glaze consistency.  Spread glaze on tops of cookies.  Let stand until glaze is set before storing.<\/p>\n<p>Makes 4 dozen cookies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cinnamon Spice Blend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6 Tbsp. ground cinnamon<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. ground allspice<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. dried orange peel<br \/>\n2 tsp. ground nutmeg<br \/>\n1 tsp. ground cloves<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. ground ginger<br \/>\nMix all ingredients together until blended. Store leftover spice in a tightly lidded glass jar or small airtight plastic container. We use this mixture in just about anything that calls for cinnamon. It&#8217;s great when mixed with sugar to use for cinnamon toast.<\/p>\n<p>(Another great recipe that uses the Cinnamon Spice Blend can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/2007\/11\/pumpkin_mousse_eclairs_with_ca.html\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe is adapted from an old Pillsbury recipe booklet (the kind that you see at the supermarket checkout). They turned out pretty yummy, even though I didn&#8217;t bake them quite long enough. I also made them too long the first time, so if you follow the recipe exactly, yours will look half as long &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=211\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Iced Cinnamon Shortbread Sticks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}