Help! I've done something terrifying!

[Jim Ferer]

Here is a recipe for a "traditional" British biscuit called, 
appropriately enough, "Cinnamon Biscuits."  It came off a great 
website called cookie.allrecipes.com:

For us HP fans, there was an "Owl" cookie with cashews for beaks. It 
looked like a really fun site.  One of my favorites to make is 
chocolate chip cookies that I put fresh orange zest into. Orange and 
chocolate go together well.

   

 Ingredients     
 2 cups all-purpose flour 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
1/2 cup white sugar 
1/2 cup butter, softened 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
1 egg, beaten 
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
 

 Directions     
1 Sift together the flour, cinnamon and the salt into a large bowl. 
Cut in the butter with a fork until mixture becomes crumbly. Add 
sugar and vanilla extract, and mix to a stiff paste. Mix in egg. 
Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap in foil or 
plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. 
2 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie 
sheets. Roll out dough thinly and cut into 24 rounds. 
3 Bake 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly gold in color. Let cool on 
wire rack. 
 



--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Rachel Bray <bray.262 at o...> wrote:
> *sigh*  
> 
> I've signed up to do the cookie exchange here in the office 
> and I have no idea what I'm doing.  They have to be 
> homemade so my idea of just sneaking out to the bakery has 
> been nixed.
> 
> So what I need is a good cookie recipe that cannot fail.  
> Perhaps a favorite cookie recipe from your grandmother or 
> something.  :-)
> 
> Also....when I was in England, I ate this awesome cookie at 
> this woman's house.  It was very cinnamony.  I don't 
> remember what it was called but the woman said it was a 
> very "traditional" British cookie.  If anyone has any clue 
> what that might have been, please let me know!!!
> 
> Thanks so much!!!!!
> 
> You know, I always wanted to be Nigella Lawson.  I guess 
> that means I should get on the ball and start cooking, huh?
> 
> :-)
> 
> Rachel Bray
> The Ohio State University
> Fees & Deposits
> 
> The light at the end of the tunnel may be an 
> angry, flying Ford Anglia.