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Coffee Cake Cookies

Coffee Cake Cookies

These dreamy Coffee Cake Cookies combine a cinnamon sugar cookie with a buttery streusel and a powdered sugar icing. Perfect with coffee!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling Time 5 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 large cookies
Calories 555 kcal

Equipment

  • stand mixer
  • baking sheets
  • Parchment paper or silicone baking mats
  • Medium-sized bowl
  • rubber spatula

Ingredients
  

Streusel

  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • cup brown sugar packed
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • pinch salt
  • 5 Tbsp. unsalted butter softened

Cookie Dough

  • 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour spooned and leveled
  • ¾ cup cake flour spooned and leveled
  • 1 tsp. cornstarch
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 8 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter cut into cubes
  • ½ cup brown sugar packed
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk

Icing

  • 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter melted
  • 3 Tbsp. heavy cream or milk
  • 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Prepare the streusel filling: In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt together. Then work in the butter until small clumps form. Refrigerate.
  • Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
  • Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl: all purpose flour, cake flour, corn starch, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  • Place the cubed butter and sugars into the bowl of a stand mixer and secure the paddle attachment. Turn the mixer on and cream until smooth, about 1-2 minutes.
  • Add in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract and blend until mixed. Use a rubber spatula to knock off mixture if any is sticking to the sides of the bowl and mix again.
  • Gradually add in the dry ingredients, about ¼ cup at a time. Mix until incorporated.
  • Scoop and roll cookie dough into ~8 large balls, or smaller if preferred (you can get about 22-24 cookies). Place on prepared baking sheets.
  • Make an indent in each cookie, using your thumb or the end of a spoon/spatula or something similar.
  • Spoon ~1 Tbsp. of the streusel filling in each cookie and bake for ~8-11 minutes, or until edges appear set and are slightly golden.
  • *Optional step to get cookies perfectly circular: Immediately after the cookies come out of the oven, place a circular cookie cutter or a circular drinking glass around one of the cookies and give the cookies a spin.
  • Let cookies rest on cookie sheet for ~5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
  • Whisk together the ingredients for the icing and once the cookies are cooled, drizzle icing over the tops and enjoy!

Notes

Make the streusel up to three days in advance and store in an air tight container in the refrigerator. You can also double the streusel for extra topping. Ice the cookies only after they are completely cool. Store cookies at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 555kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 6gFat: 26gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 445mgPotassium: 105mgFiber: 2gSugar: 44gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Cinnamon, Coffee Cake Cookies, cookies, dessert, streusel
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