Every mom has to have a few tricks in her bag, and a bag of cinnamon honey graham cracker hearts will go a long way to make the family happy while satisfying a sweet tooth.
By Patty Price
Honey and Cinnamon Graham Cracker Hearts
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 42 crackers 1x
Description
Every mom has to have a few tricks in her bag, and a bag of cinnamon honey graham cracker hearts will go a long way to make the family happy while satisfying a sweet tooth.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1&1/2 cups graham flour, plus more for rolling out the dough
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) room temperature unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1&1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Cinnamon-Sugar Topping:
- 2 tablespoons Demerara sugar
- 1/8th teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Have your butter soft at room temperature before starting this recipe.
- Sift together the flours, salt, baking soda and cinnamon, set aside.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer beat together the butter, sugar and egg on medium high speed until smooth and creamy, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add the honey and vanilla, continue beating until smooth, stop and scrape down the bowl as needed.
- With the mixer on low speed add the dry ingredients in 3 batches-beat just until flour disappears, do not over beat the dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a sheet of wax paper and press into a disk shape, wrap with the wax paper.
- Place in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
To make the Cinnamon-Sugar Topping:
- Mix the Demerara sugar and cinnamon together, set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpats.
- Place the dough on a generously floured (graham flour) work surface. Dust the top of the dough with graham flour and lightly flour the rolling pin.
- Using a small heart cookie cutter cut out the hearts and place on the prepared sheets.
- Place the first pan of graham cracker hearts in the fridge while you prepare the second sheet.
- Gather up the scraps, dust with graham flour and roll out the remaining dough.
- Prick the crackers with a toothpick creating evenly spaced holes before sprinkling on the cinnamon-sugar topping.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until firm and lightly browned on the edges.
- Remove from the oven and cool on metal racks.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins