Collected Foods kitchen recipe.

Cinnamon Sandies: Clear technique, spice-forward flavor, weeknight-friendly. Collected Foods Saigon Cinnamon is the flavor driver.

Serves: about 30 cookies

Why this spice: Collected Foods Saigon Cinnamon in shortbread sandies gives buttery cookies a bold cassia kick.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar, plus more for rolling
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 tsp Collected Foods Saigon Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans, optional

Directions

1. Cream butter and powdered sugar. Mix in vanilla, then flour, Saigon Cinnamon, salt, and pecans.
2. Chill dough 30 minutes. Scoop small balls onto a sheet.
3. Bake at 325°F for 16–18 minutes until set but pale. Cool briefly; roll in powdered sugar mixed with a pinch of Saigon Cinnamon.

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