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The 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies is rolling right along and before you know it, we’ll be all done and enjoying sharing our cookies with family and friends. There’s still time to begin your baking if you haven’t already and I hope you’ve been inspired to try some new recipes.
This week’s selection is another one that my son picked from the cookbook he looked through. I thought the combination of cinnamon and chocolate in these Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Butterballs Cookies sounded interesting so I couldn’t wait to try them out. He helped me make them all the way up until the rolling in the powdered sugar when a better offer came along—a chance to play with a friend!
One word of warning…these have a whole cup of butter in them so they are certainly not low-cal! But they are worth the indulgence in my opinion. My family had mixed reviews but I did love the cinnamon chocolate combination and will be adding these to the permanent holiday cookie baking list. I hope you enjoy them too!
Cinnamon-Chocolate Chip Butterballs
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For Cookie Dough
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter cold
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Sugar Coating For Cookie Balls
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- In large bowl, mix together flour, powdered sugar, cinnamon and salt.
- Cut in butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
- Stir in chocolate chips and vanilla (mixture will be crumbly).
- Using hands, shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 1 inch apart.
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool slightly, about 20 minutes.
- In small bowl, stir together powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Roll cookies in sugar mixture, shaking off excess back into bowl. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Lisa @ Sweet as Sugar Cookies
What cute little cookies. I bet they just melt in your mouth.
Meal Plan Mom (Brenda)
Yes, they do melt in your mouth for sure. I had meant to put that in my post but forgot–but I’m guessing with that amount of butter it would suggest that anyway!
Shannon
I was thinking of making wedding cookies but these look so amazing I might make them instead. 🙂
Meal Plan Mom (Brenda)
They are such a nice blend of flavors. Hope you like them too!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
I love butterballs and these are great, with cinnamon and chocolate chips! Perfect holiday treat! Thanks for hosting!
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
Yum! I love the addition of the cinnamon-sugar! These look wonderful!
Laurie
They look delicious!
Helen
what a neat twist to chocolate chip cookies, sounds delicious!
BreAna {Sugar & Spice & All Things Iced}
Yum! These sound tasty! I love cinnamon, especially this time of year! The 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies has been so much fun! I can’t believe there are only a couple of weeks left!!
sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more
oh those look SO good!
Carrie @ poet in the pantry
Mmmm… cinnamon and chocolate are a great combination. I love butterballs anyway, but these just may be the best version of them yet!