These Cinnamon Polar Bears are festive and fun holiday cookies. Dusted with powdered sugar, the soft and fluffy bears have adorable faces complete with cinnamon candy noses and chocolate chip eyes.
1cuppowdered sugar(This is approximate. You may use more or less.)
96mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
48red cinnamon candies
Instructions
In electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Mix in flour and cinnamon. Cover dough with plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
For each cookie: Shape dough into a 1-inch ball and place on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Flatten slightly. Form 3 (1/4-inch) balls. Place two above the larger ball for ears and one on top for the nose. Flatten slightly. Space cookies about 2 inches apart. Chill prepared cookies on the cookie sheet in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes before baking.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Bake for about 12 minutes or until firm to the touch. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to a wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Gently press in a cinnamon candy nose and two mini chocolate chip eyes. Let cool completely.
Notes
Expert Tips
Chilling the dough is an ABSOLUTE MUST for these cookies or they will spread and flatten too much. Yes, they'll still taste good, but we want them to be puffy and fluffy, not flat. This dough warms up quickly so once you've assembled the bears, you will want to chill them (again) on the cookie sheet for at least 15 minutes before baking.