Cinnamon Roll Cookies

I HAD to ask to post this one simply because it’s so simple, yet soooooooo different.

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For the Dough:

3 cups All Purpose Flour

2 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

2 sticks Butter

1 cup packed Brown Sugar

2 tsp Vanilla

2 eggs

For the filling:

1/2 cup granulated Sugar

2 TBSP Cinnamon

For the Icing:

1/4 cup warm water

1 cup Confectioners Sugar

1 tsp powdered egg whites

*the egg whites aren’t totally necessary, but they’ll make your icing more solid

Combine filling ingredients in a small bowl & set aside.

Combine all dough ingredients, except for sugar & butter, in a small-medium bowl. Set aside. In a larger bowl, combine butter & sugar until smooth. Add vanilla & eggs & combine until smooth.

Gradually add the flour mixture just enough so that you have a solid, cohesive mixture. Do not over mix.

Lay out a large piece of waxed paper & pat the dough, with your hands, into a long rectangular shape. Place a second piece of waxed paper on top, flip, and peel the original waxed paper off of the dough (this will allow you to roll the dough more easily in a few steps).

Dust the dough with about 1/2 of your filling. Make sure that you do not use too much filling, or it will be hard to roll your dough.

Next, roll your dough long ways so that you create a circular pattern similar to that of a cinnamon bun. Dust your roll with the remaining filling & refrigerate until your dough has hardened & is easy to work with (similar to when making sugar cookies) – 1-2 hours.

Coat 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Remove dough from fridge & slice into 1/2 inch slices (you can decide the thickness of your cookies). Place the slices on your cookie sheets. These cookies don’t expand too much, so an inch to and inch and a half between cookies is fine.

Bake in the oven 8-12 minutes (depending on the oven) so that your cookies are firm but soft to the touch. Remove & allow to cool 5-10 minutes.

While your cookies are cooling, mix together your icing ingredients. Sprinkle the icing across the tops of your cookies to give them the desired cinnamon roll affect.

Enjoy these cookies warm or cooled…they’re absolutely divine!