Description
Soft, sweet Cinnamon Roll Cookies made with buttery sugar cookie dough, a cozy cinnamon-sugar swirl, and a simple vanilla icing drizzle. Faster than yeasted rolls, perfect for Christmas trays, gifting, and cozy weekends.
Ingredients
All-Purpose Flour: 2 and 1/4 cups (281g), plus more for rolling
Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp
Salt: 1/4 tsp
Unsalted Butter: 3/4 cup (170g), softened
Granulated Sugar: 3/4 cup (150g)
Egg: 1 large, room temperature
Pure Vanilla Extract: 2 tsp
Filling:
Butter, melted and slightly cooled: 2 Tbsp (28g)
Granulated Sugar: 1/4 cup (50g)
Ground Cinnamon: 1 Tbsp
Icing:
Confectioners’ Sugar: 1 cup (120g)
Milk: 3 Tbsp (45ml)
Pure Vanilla Extract: 1/2 tsp
Instructions
1. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
2. Beat butter and sugar for 2 minutes until creamy. Mix in egg and vanilla for 1 minute.
3. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until a soft dough forms. If too soft, add 1 Tbsp flour.
4. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 9×7 inch rectangle about 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured mat.
5. Brush each rectangle with 1 Tbsp melted butter. Mix cinnamon and sugar; sprinkle evenly over both.
6. Roll each rectangle up tightly into a 9 inch log. Wrap and chill at least 2 hours or freeze up to 3 months.
7. Heat oven to 350°F (177°C). Slice chilled logs into 1/2 inch rounds. Place 2 inches apart on lined sheets.
8. Bake 10 to 11 minutes until edges are lightly golden. Cool 5 minutes on the sheet, then move to a rack.
9. Whisk icing ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over completely cooled cookies. Let set before storing.
Notes
Storage: Keep at room temperature up to 5 days.
Freeze: Baked cookies (iced or not) keep up to 3 months; thaw overnight in the fridge.
Make-ahead dough: Chill logs up to 2 days or freeze up to 3 months; thaw in the fridge until sliceable.
Tips: Chill the logs well for clean spirals. Smooth any cracks while rolling. A silicone mat makes rolling and cleanup easy.
Icing ideas: Try maple icing, brown butter icing, or cream cheese icing.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Easy & Decadent Christmas Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 60 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg