Cinnamon Roll Cookies
You guys loved my fluffy cinnamon rolls so much that I decided to whip up a bun/cookie hybrid. Today, I present to you the cinnamon roll cookie. It’s soft and warm with all the flavors of a cinnamon roll but with half the work and effort. Can we say win-win?
Cinnamon Roll Cookies
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Author: The Squishy Monster
Serves: 1 dozen cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1½ c unbleached flour
- 1 ts baking powder
- ¼ ts fine salt
- ½ ts freshly ground cinnamon
- 1 stick soft unsalted butter
- ⅓ c powdered sugar
- ⅓ c brown sugar
- 1 ts pure vanilla extract
- 1 room temperature egg
Filling
- ⅓ c brown sugar
- 1½ tb freshly ground cinnamon
- ¼ ts freshly ground cloves
- 1-2 tb melted butter
Icing
- 4 oz soft cream cheese
- ⅓ c sifted powdered sugar
- 1 ts pure vanilla extract
- 2-3 tb room temperature whole milk
Instructions
- In the first bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In the second bowl, cream together the butter and sugars for at least 5 minutes.
- Add the vanilla and egg.
- Slowly incorporate the first bowl with the second bowl. Do not over mix.
- Wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
- Make the filling by stirring the sugar, cinnamon, and cloves together. Set aside.
- Make the icing by blending the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk together. Set aside.
- Lightly flour your work surface and roll the dough out to ¼” thickness.
- Brush the surface with melted butter and evenly sprinkle the filling, leaving about an inch of a border all the way around.
- Carefully roll the dough as tightly as you can without breaking the dough. It helps if you slip a piece of nonstick material beneath it {like plastic wrap, wax/parchment, silpat}.
- Cover the rolled dough with plastic and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Slice the chilled dough and if time allows, pop the rounds in the fridge for 15-20 minutes as this will prevent them from spreading too much.
- Bake the cookies at 350 for 9-11 minutes.
- Cool completely and top with icing.
Love,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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ooooh love these cookies!!
They look amazing. Straight from the bakery.
Only thing I don,t like about these is that they are smaller than the actual buns Looks amazing
Angie.What a fun and different in a positive way recipe.Thanks for sharing! Have a great week end!
Love.
Les.
win win..u are the CinnaBOMB Squishy!
Oh girl, I am a sucker for cinnamon rolls and love that I can get my fix quicker with these cookies! They look super adorable and I love the pretty icing glaze! I’ll take a big batch please – yum!
The cookies look at least as irresistible as the rolls! And what a creative idea to make a cookie version with the same flavours.
…We can say win-win
Win win indeed Angela
Ahhh!! These are so cute!! What a fun recipe! Love the idea of mixing two different desserts into one!
Wow, what a unique fusion of cinnamon roll and cookies! I suddenly remembered the cronuts craze! Yum!
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Oooh I hope you do, Brain! Happy weekend and happy baking, my friend!
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blazzooww!
These cookies look so addictive and delicious!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
What a terrific idea…it would be hard to eat just one.