All the delicious flavors that we know and love in cinnamon rolls wrapped up in this delightful cookie.
Cinnamon Roll Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie dough
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar, white granulated
- 2 eggs, brought to room temperature
- 1 TBS vanilla
- 3 cups flour, all purpose
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
Frosting
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 8 TBS butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2-3 tsp milk
- additional cinnamon for dusting cookies
Instructions
- In a large stand mixer bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs in one at a time, then add in vanilla. Mix well.
- Add flour one cup at a time. At the 3rd cup add in the baking powder, cinnamon, and salt, mix well.
- Form dough into a ball and cover. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll the dough into 1" balls and place onto a prepared baking sheet. Flatten cookie with bottom of glass or your hand until 1/3 or 1/2 inch thick.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes until edges are golden brown. Remove to cooling rack to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, beat together cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time until smooth.
- Add vanilla. Add milk to thin out if necessary. Beat until light and fluffy.
- Using a ziploc bag or piping bag, pipe frosting onto cookie, starting from the center and spiraling to the outside edge. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Enjoy.