Cinnamon Roll Cookies
These cinnamon roll cookies are show-stoppingly good. The base is a sugar cookie dough that is soft and chewy but has crunchy edges. The cinnamon roll goo spotted throughout the dough is the same recipe I use in my cinnamon rolls! If you really want to emulate that cinnamon roll flavor even further, you can top them with a cream cheese glaze.
Equipment
- 1 Standmixer
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups 318g all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup 33g bread flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup 224g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp (233g) granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp 28g light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Roll Filling
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup 100 g brown sugar
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon 9 g all-purpose flour
Cream Cheese Glaze (optional)
- 2 oz cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3-4 tablespoons whole milk to thin
Instructions
Make the Cinnamon Filling
- By hand (with fervor) or with an electric mixer, combine all ingredients until thick paste forms.
- Using your hands, drop teaspoons of this mixture onto a parchment lined baking sheet and freeze until solid.
- These solids will be mixed into your completed dough.
- Set Aside.
Make the Cookie Dough
- In a medium bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients for the cookie dough (do not include the cinnamon filling here)
- In the bowl of a standmixer, combine butter and sugars. Beat on medium until light and fluffy, about 6 minutes.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again for 1 minute.
- Add in egg and vanilla, scraping sides of the bowl before the addition. Mix until combined.
- Add in all dry ingredients and mix for 1 minute or until thoroughly combined. Dough will be thick.
- Into the standmixer, drop in the frozen cinnamon filling balls, Mix very quickly in standmixer until JUST combined. Too much filling as compared to dough will cause the cookies to spread. Let dough rest for 30 minutes.
- Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper Scoop cookies into 3 tablespoon sized balls about 3 inches apart. Have a circular cookie cutter handy to help form dough into perfect circles.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Bake cookies for ten minutes or until the edges are set. If cookies look like they are spreading, let them cook through and when you remove them from the oven after 10 minutes, use the circle cookie cutter to form them into a circle shape. Let rest.
Cream Cheese Glaze
- Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl except milk. Mix with a hand mixer until there are no lumps.
- Add in milk and mix again until desired consistency is achieved!
Can the dough be frozen?
I love your videos and recipes! Can I make this dough ahead of time and freeze it? I want to put them in my Christmas cookie boxes. If you remember, could you mention if freezing ahead is possible with all of your Christmas cookies? Thank you 🥰
Yes! These can be frozen. Just scoop in advance onto a parchment sheet and then place balls into a ziplock bag!