Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

Name: Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.25 cup all-purpose flour; 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.25 tsp baking powder; 0.25 tsp fine salt; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 0.5 cup room temperature unsalted butter; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 2 tbsp light or dark brown sugar; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 large room temperature egg; 2 tbsp unsalted softened butter; 2.5 tbsp packed light or dark brown sugar; 2.25 tsp all-purpose flour; 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon

Serves 10

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Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

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Serves 10

Directions

1Combine all dry ingredients for the cookie dough in a bowl: 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ½ tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp fine salt, and ½ tsp baking soda.
2In a separate bowl, add ½ cup room temperature unsalted butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, and 2 tbsp light or dark brown sugar. Mix until combined.
3Add 1 tsp pure vanilla extract and 1 large room temperature egg to the wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
4Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until a dough forms.
5In a separate bowl, combine 2 tbsp unsalted softened butter, 2 ½ tbsp packed light or dark brown sugar, 2 ¼ tsp all-purpose flour, and 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon to make the cinnamon roll filling.
6Freeze the cinnamon roll filling for 5 to 10 minutes until it's hard to the touch.
7Scoop out half of the cookie dough into a separate bowl.
8Add the hardened cinnamon roll filling on top of the scooped cookie dough.
9Cover the filling with the remaining half of the cookie dough.
10Scoop the combined cookie dough and cinnamon filling into balls and place them on a baking sheet.
11Bake the cookies in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

Ingredients

1.25 cup all-purpose flour
0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
0.25 tsp baking powder
0.25 tsp fine salt
0.5 tsp baking soda
0.5 cup room temperature unsalted butter
0.5 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp light or dark brown sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 large room temperature egg
2 tbsp unsalted softened butter
2.5 tbsp packed light or dark brown sugar
2.25 tsp all-purpose flour
1.5 tsp ground cinnamon

Equipment

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Tips

Do not chill the cookie dough.
Freeze the cinnamon roll filling for 5-10 minutes until hard to the touch.

Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

Serves 10

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Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

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Serves 10

Directions

1Combine all dry ingredients for the cookie dough in a bowl: 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ½ tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp fine salt, and ½ tsp baking soda.
2In a separate bowl, add ½ cup room temperature unsalted butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, and 2 tbsp light or dark brown sugar. Mix until combined.
3Add 1 tsp pure vanilla extract and 1 large room temperature egg to the wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
4Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until a dough forms.
5In a separate bowl, combine 2 tbsp unsalted softened butter, 2 ½ tbsp packed light or dark brown sugar, 2 ¼ tsp all-purpose flour, and 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon to make the cinnamon roll filling.
6Freeze the cinnamon roll filling for 5 to 10 minutes until it's hard to the touch.
7Scoop out half of the cookie dough into a separate bowl.
8Add the hardened cinnamon roll filling on top of the scooped cookie dough.
9Cover the filling with the remaining half of the cookie dough.
10Scoop the combined cookie dough and cinnamon filling into balls and place them on a baking sheet.
11Bake the cookies in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.