As we head very quickly into Christmas week, I want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and to those of you who have procrastinated and still have to go to the mall for Christmas gifts, I am truly sorry. I would rather pull all my eyelashes out, then have to venture into that madhouse called the “mall at Christmas.” Circling around to find parking, being bombarded by the Lancome lady trying to spray perfume on you and then the pressure of finding the perfect gift at the last second. If you haven’t jumped onto the shopping online bandwagon, I highly suggest it. Amazon, baby!!!
Now, back to the story and by story I mean cookies. Yes, the second level on the food pyramid in my mind. I decided to make sugar cookies for our cookie exchange at work this week, but wanted to give them a bit of a twist. So, since my wonderful adventure into essential oils has started I wanted to try a bit of cooking with them. I decided to make a cassia glaze. Cassia is the little sister of cinnamon. It has a bit more sweetness to it then cinnamon. I must say they were DELICIOUS! A bit of sweet and spicy. They were a hit.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
Yield: 3 dozen
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon milk
- 5-6 drops doTerra Cassia essential oil
1. Preheat oven to 375. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and whisk together. Set aside.
2. In a bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. About 1 minute. Add in egg and vanilla, mix well. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
3. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls. Place on un-greased cookie sheet.
4. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until slightly golden. Let stand on cookie sheet for two minutes before moving to cooling rack.
**make sure NOT to OVER cook. Cookies will look slightly “doughy” in the center, but will continue to cook when left on cookie sheet for 2 minutes.
1. Allow cookies to completely cool before glazing.
2. Place powdered sugar, milk and essential oil in small mixing bowl. Stir together until smooth. You may add more or less milk depending on how thick you want the glaze. Also, Cassia is slightly spicy like cinnamon, feel free to add more or decrease the amount added to glaze depending on taste.
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