Cinnamon swirls

Cinnamon swirls

The perfect accompaniment to a warming cup of coffee on a rainy afternoon

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 20

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Plus chilling
Freezable

Raw dough or baked biscuits can be frozen

Method

  1. Mix the butter, caster and icing sugar, egg yolks and vanilla with a wooden spoon until creamy, then mix in the flour in 2 batches. Roll out to a 20 x 30cm rectangle on a sheet of baking parchment. Mix the demerara sugar with the cinnamon, sprinkle all over the dough, then gently roll over a rolling pin again to press the sugar in a little. Roll up from one of the 20cm sides using the parchment to help, wrap in the parchment and chill for 30 mins, or up to a day.
  2. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Thinly slice into about 20 biscuits, scatter with a pinch more sugar, then bake on baking sheets for 10-12 mins until golden.

Per serving

153 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 19g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 1g, sugar 8g, salt 0.11 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2010.

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  • 18 August 2010

    Gemmaforte rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 20 August 2010

    StickyBun rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    These biscuits weren't particularly sweet nor cinnamony. Also needed some salt. Usually I am a big fan of Good Food Recipies but I wouldn't bother to make these again.

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  • 23 August 2010

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Quite bland, quite soft, I cooked these in two batches and with the second I grated lots of fresh nutmeg and more cinnamon over the top with the sugar which improved them slightly. I wouldn't make them again.

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  • 10 October 2010

    ToygerPie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very Tasty!

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  • 28 October 2010

    schizofish rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I read the comments, so when I made these I used double the amounts of cinnamon and brown sugar - they were quite cinnamony, but quite difficult to roll and cut. If I make them again, I would probably make a paste of brown sugar, cinnamon and butter for the swirl.

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  • 18 November 2010

    Lisa1803 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Tasty but not amazing - after reading previous comments i used double sugar and cinnamon though.

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  • 10 February 2011

    Andie GF commented on this recipe

    Oops - just read the comments on these biscuits. Mine are in the fridge resting, waiting to roll out and bake them. Hope they're OK, will write again.

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  • 10 February 2011

    Andie GF rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Well made them - they're OK, but wouldn't make them again. Bit ordinary and not worth the faff.

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  • 07 February 2012

    cupcake rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I agree with Andie GF. I followed the recipe, they were quite nice but wouldn't make them again. Very buttery rather than the taste of Cinnamon and alot of work.

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  • 01 April 2012

    joanna Bates commented on this recipe

    don't be put off just make that paste. esme. aged 9

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  • 22 April 2012

    Hannah commented on this recipe

    igreat biscuits! not great reviews from people about the cinnamon - but i made my own cinnamon paste (using honey) and they have turned out beautifully! a little bit gooey because of the honey combination - so in my eyes - perfect! give it a try - but perhaps make a cinnamon paste!!! X

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  • 01 May 2012

    Charlotte F rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I picked out this recipe to make for a coffee morning and had bought all the ingredients before reading the reviews. So decided to go ahead and make them and was pleasantly surprised. They're not overly sweet, but have a great cinnamon flavour. Given the comments about the rather taste-less biscuit dough, I added cinnamon to that too. I chilled the dough overnight in the fridge so I could bake them off just before everyone arrived. This meant that the dough was pretty solid, but it cut very easily and the biscuits held their shape well. Maybe its better to leave the dough in the fridge longer rather than just 30 minutes as the recipe says you can do. On baking, mine didn't go very golden brown and when I took them out of the oven after 14 minutes, they felt slightly soft still. But after cooling they had become more solid and were a nice consistency. They're not overly sweet but taste good with a cup of coffee. I would make them again.

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  • 18 September 2012

    Jonn rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    with this recipe i had to adjust it a lil :/, i read through the comments and doubled the sugar, added another egg yolk and half of an egg white and added flour until it came to a workable dough, followed the rest of the recipe and they came out really good, though i left them in for more mins too long they were nice and gooey in the middle and hard on the outside and i made these a few hrs ago and the plate is now empty. oh i also added more cinnamon and brown sugar and icing sugar on top for decoration :)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 20

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Plus chilling
Freezable

Raw dough or baked biscuits can be frozen

Ingredients

  • 175g softened butter
  • 50g golden caster sugar
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 300g plain flour
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar , plus a few extra pinches
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
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153 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 19g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 1g, sugar 8g, salt 0.11 g

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