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Cinnamon Roll Cookies, Sugar Cookie
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Cinnamon Roll Cookies

These Cinnamon Roll Cookies are a sugar cookie and a cinnamon roll combined. A cinnamon roll filling is mixed into soft and chewy cookie dough to give you that cinnamon roll taste. You can even top them with a cream cheese glaze!
Cook Time1 hour
Servings 12 cookies
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Equipment

  • 1 Standmixer

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 318 grams
  • 1/4 cup bread flour 33 grams
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 224 grams
  • 1 cup + 2 tbsp granulated sugar 233 grams
  • 2 tbsp light brown sugar 28 grams
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cinnamon Roll Filling

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup dark or light brown sugar 100 grams
  • 3/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 9 grams

Cream Cheese Glaze (optional)

  • 2 oz cream cheese 56 grams
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 28 grams
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar 84 grams
  • 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. Keep frozen until ready to use.

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. Cover and let dough rest for in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes.
  • Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper Scoop cookies into 2.5 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 11-15 minutes OR until the edges are set. Don't worry if cookies look like they are spreading and no longer circular, let them cook through and when you remove them from the oven, 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!