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Cookie Trends (Recipe: Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Vanilla Glaze)

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Cinnamon Roll Cookies are your favorite breakfast sweet bread in cookie form!

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I read an article awhile back that in 2011, Pie was going to be the new Cupcake. You can expect the cupcake trend to fade, but anticipate that Pies, in all flavors, shapes and sizes, will be peaking in 2011. I love pie… I truly do, but considering that I cannot make a pretty pie crust to save my life, hearing that pies will be hot in 2011 does not make this food blogger thrilled.

How about cookies? Have cookies had their year to shine yet? I am starting a petition to make 2011 the year of the Cookie. How about it? Wanna join me?

Ree, The Pioneer Woman… I know… you probably have no idea who I’m talking about, right? She lives on a ranch in Oklahoma? She refers to her husband as Marlboro Man? Still no? She has an absolutely darn cute Basset Hound named Charlie? Ahhhh… now you know who I’m talking about!

Anyway, Ree put into motion a week dedicated to the ever loving cookie. This past week on Twitter you probably saw hashtag after hashtag of #CookieWeek. If you are a cookie lover like I am and can’t resist a good cookie, #CookieWeek has been like putting a Sharpie addict in the pen aisle of Office Depot with no money in their pocket. (For those of you not addicted to Sharpies, I’m here to tell you, this would be a VERY terrible thing) It has been terribly hard to resist running to my KitchenAid mixer every second to try the new cookies popping up everywhere.Screen Shot 2015-12-15 at 7.08.54 PM

It was today that I finally broke down and gave in to the cookie temptation. I turned to one of my favorite cookie recipes to give me my fix. If you love Cinnamon Rolls and you love cookies, may I introduce you to Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Vanilla Glaze. It’s like a cinnamon roll, but in cookie form.

Resist if you can, but not too hard. Head to your mixer right now and make up a batch of your favorite cookies. Let’s get cookies on the map in 2011, okay?

 

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Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Vanilla Glaze

Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Vanilla Glaze
Author Dine & Dish

Ingredients

  • For the cookies:
  • 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • For the glaze:
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 3 tablespoons hot water

Instructions

  • Filling: Stir together the sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
  • Cookies: Cream the butter and brown sugar until well blended with an electric mixer on medium speed.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla; blend well.
  • Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; add to butter mixture and blend well.
  • Turn dough out onto a sheet of waxed paper; spread into a 9x6-inch rectangle using a rubber spatula.
  • Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar to within 1 inch from the edges.
  • Roll dough up jelly-roll style.
  • Roll in remaining cinnamon-sugar; wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap.
  • Refrigerate for 2 - 4 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Slice dough 1/4-inch thick; place 2 inches apart onto parchment-lined cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 8 minutes or until golden on top (take them out before they look done and allow to firm up on the cookie sheet).
  • Cool for 4 minutes on the cookie sheets, then remove to racks and cool completely.
  • Once cookies have cooled, make the glaze by using an electric mixer to mix the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Add hot water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the glaze has reached desired consistency.
  • Place glaze in a ziploc bag, cut a small hole in the corner, and pipe glaze onto cookies, following the swirl of the cookie. Allow to set.

 

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Comments

  9. Pat Wogan says

    I promise I will have you making pie crust before I leave after Christmas! I use Grandma’s recipe so you know it will be good!

  11. marla {family fresh cooking} says

    Girl, these cookies are on the map. Yup, now I want these. I agree #cookieweek has been a blast. Too bad I am not posting some of mine until next week. Hopefully the trend will stack around a few weeks, ya think?? 😉

  14. Taderdoodles (Lisa Baldwin) says

    OMG… I love ThePioneerWoman and her doggie 🙂 I am totally addicted to Sharpies and have to be chaperoned into any office supply aisle or store and I am seriously going to do dishes RIGHT NOW just so I can get to my mixer and make these TONIGHT!

    I’m never gonna get into those pre-baby jeans.

  16. SweetJeanette says

    Oh my goodness gracious! I have The Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls cooling on the counter right now, and these cookies sound wonderful! I have GOT to try these! (I’m a cinnamon nut!) Thanks for sharing!!!

  18. the urban baker says

    oh my…what a brilliant invention! i love a good cookie and love making them, yet for the life of me, i can’t make a pinwheel cookie. this could be the answer to my failures!!! thanks, kristen! x

  25. Barbara says

    What a super recipe! I think the best thing about it is you can stick the roll in the fridge or freezer and bake them as you need them!

  27. Simone says

    Sounds like we have the same issue with making piecrust… I honestly don’t know what I am doing wrong, but not giving up!! I do love your cookies though! Sounds delicious!

  29. Michelle says

    I love pie too, but I hardly ever seem to bake any. Cookies just seem more practical, and these are so awesome that they seem like “practical” and “special occasion” all in one.

  33. Gina says

    Oh. My goodness. Where have these been all my life? And I’m really excited to hear somebody else say that they like cookies more than pie. I’m a bit of a black sheep in my pie-loving family.

  39. Deborah says

    I’m with you – I’m not so good at the pretty pie crust, but I think pie is my favorite dessert, so I’d be all over a pie trend! And these cookies are just too cute!!

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