"Pastry, cinnamon, sugar and a decadent frosting make the sweetest cookies!"
Slice-N-Bake Cinnamon Roll Cookies
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Prep time: 1hr 15mins
Serves or Makes: 36
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ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- 20 1/2 ounces divided butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups All Purpose flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees (if dough is ready to go, if not make your dough and when you're ready to roll out, preheat your oven)
Step 2
Make the dough -- In the bowl of your food processor (you can also use a large bowl and a pastry cutter) add the 2.5 cups of flour, 1 tbsp granulated sugar, 1 tsp salt and pulse to combine. Add 16oz of cold cubed butter (2 sticks) and pulse till you get coarse crumbs. Slowly, with the motor running, stream in approx. 1/3 cup ice cold water. (Use just enough till the dough pulls away from the bowl of the processor) Dump the dough onto plastic wrap, form a disc and wrap tightly. Refrigerate 1-2 hours. (Overnight is also great and a time saver if you do it the day before you want to make these)
Step 3
When you're ready to use the dough, take it out off the fridge to soften while you prepare your filling. Melt 4.5 tbsp butter in your microwave in a medium mixing bowl then add 1.5 cups of light brown sugar, 2.5 tbsp of cinnamon, 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Set aside.
Step 4
Cut the dough in half and add powdered sugar to a work surface. Roll the dough into a rectangle shape as evenly as possible (it does not need to be perfect as you'll discard the ends anyway)
Step 5
Spread half the filling along with the rolled out pastry dough and roll it up into a log, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3-4 hours. (you could also freeze 1 hour) Repeat this process with the second half of the dough and filling. (You can save the second batch and freeze for another time if you don't need as many cookies)
Step 6
Remove the chilled dough log, slice and discard the ragged ends and continue slicing into discs 1/3 inch thick. Place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet and bake 8-10 mins in your preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool at least 10 mins before frosting.
Step 7
Brush a thick layer of glaze over top of the cookies and add sprinkles if desired. Allow frosting on cookies to "set" for approx. 30 mins before trying to stack and pack away. Enjoy!
ingredients
Frosting Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp milk
- pinch of cinnamon