It’s my birthday week! I mean, I guess yesterday technically started my birthday week, but my internet was down so I could not share this post with you. I wanted to take this week to share things I love with you. This post focuses on two things I love: clearance aisles and cinnamon.

I am obsessed with the clearance aisle at Target. Well, I’m pretty much obsessed with Target in general, but mostly because that is where I do my extreme couponing. Even if I do not have a coupon for something, I love all the weird finds with those little red stickers on them. This weekend I found that little heart shaped plate in the top picture for under a dollar. Valentine’s may be over, but my affection for everything adorable clearly isn’t.

My two true loves when it coms to baking are vanilla extract and cinnamon. I have had multiple people write me about recipes claiming there was an error with the vanilla extract in it. Nope. I just really like vanilla extract. It tastes awesome and smells like what I want heaven to smell like. Then there is cinnamon. Oh. Man. That is why when girls at work offered me this recipe,  I jumped at the chance to make it. These cookies are so simple, yet so tasty. They are soft, doughy, and rolled in cinnamon sugar bliss. Try them for yourself.

Recipe: Simple Cinnamon Cookies

Makes 2 dozen

What You Need:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar

   

  What To Do:

  1. Heat the oven to 350 F.

  2. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla extract until smooth.

  3. Stir in all dry ingredients.

  4. Roll into balls a little larger than golf balls. Roll each ball of dough in cinnamon sugar.

  5. Bake for 10 minutes.