These coffee cake cookies have a light cinnamon taste. They are topped with a crunchy streusel, and glazed with a vanilla icing. They are just like a coffee cake in a cookie form!
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🍪Coffee Cake in Cookie Form
I have a few favourite cookies, like white chocolate macadamia and raspberry lemon cookies, but I cannot stress how delicious these coffee cake cookies are!
These cookies are so buttery with a hint of cinnamon. They are topped with a crunchy cinnamon streusel, and are drizzled with sweet vanilla icing.
Your house will smell like fresh baked cookies with the aroma of coffee cake. Enjoy with a cup of coffee, or, my choice, a cup of tea!
🥘Ingredients
🥘Ingredient notes
- Brown sugar - Either light or dark brown sugar will work in this recipe. I used light brown sugar.
- Unsalted butter - You can use salted butter as a substitute. Omit the extra salt in the recipe.
- Milk - I used 3.25% milk. In this recipe, you can use any milk percent.
🔪Instructions
Streusel
In a medium bowl whisk flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt together. Add in butter and use a pastry cutter or a fork to mix streusel together and work in the butter.
Mix until there is no dry flour left and there are lots of big chunks. If you overmix, streusel will turn into a paste. Cover and store in the refrigerator to chill while you make the cookies.
Cookies
To make the cookies, whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix sugar and butter together until butter is lightened in colour, about 3 minutes. Add in egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
Form batter into 1-1.5-inch balls and place on parchment lined baking sheets. Batter will make between 15-18 cookies. Slightly flatten each ball of dough with your hand. Use a spoon and lightly press it into the dough to make a well. Fill each well with about 1 tablespoon of streusel.
Bake cookies for 14-16 minutes at 350°F (180°C), or until they are slightly brown on the edges. Remove from oven and let cool on their baking sheets for 2 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Vanilla Icing
In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1 tablespoon milk. Add more milk if icing is too thick. Add more powdered sugar if it's too thin. Once cookies have cooled to room temperature, drizzle icing over each one. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
✔️Expert Tips
- This dough does not need to chilled before baking. However, if you want to make this ahead, it can be chilled in the refrigerator overnight.
- You can also make the streusel a day ahead too.
- Don't overmix the cookie dough. I use a mixer and like to stop it before the dry ingredients gets fully mixed it. I mix it by hand until the dry ingredients just get mixed in.
- Like even circle cookies? Use a larger cookie circle cutter when the cookies come straight out of the oven. Spin the cookie inside the cookie cutter a bunch of times, and your cookie will be a perfect circle.
💭FAQs
Much like coffee cake, there is no coffee in it. Coffee cake and these cookies pair really well with a cup of coffee.
You can make the streusel the day before. Store it in the refrigerator overnight. You can also make the cookie dough a day before. Store it in the refrigerator as well overnight.
Yes, freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature.
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Coffee Cake Cookies
Ingredients
Streusel
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbsps brown sugar packed
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature, cut into ½" pieces
Cookie
- 2½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Streusel
- In a medium bowl whisk flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt together. Add in butter and use a pastry cutter or a fork to mix together and work in the butter. Mix until there is no dry flour left and there are lots of big chunks. If you overmix, streusel will turn into a paste.
- Cover and store in the refrigerator to chill while you make the cookies.
Cookie
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix sugar and butter together until butter is lightened in colour, about 3 minutes.
- Add in egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Form batter into 1-1.5-inch balls and place on prepared baking sheets. Batter will make between 15-18 cookies.
- Slightly flatten each ball of dough with your hand. Use a spoon and lightly press it into the dough to make a well. Fill each well with about 1 tablespoon of streusel.
- Bake cookies for 14-16 minutes, or until they are slightly brown on the edges. Remove from oven and let cool on their baking sheets for 2 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Vanilla Icing
- In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1 tablespoon milk. Add more milk if icing is too thick. Add more powdered sugar if it's too thin.
- Once cookies have cooled to room temperature, drizzle icing over each one. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Notes
- This dough does not need to chilled before baking. However, if you want to make this ahead, it can be chilled in the refrigerator overnight.
- You can also make the streusel a day ahead too.
- Don't overmix the cookie dough. I use a mixer and like to stop it before the dry ingredients gets fully mixed it. I mix it by hand until the dry ingredients just get mixed in.
- Like even circle cookies? Use a larger cookie circle cutter when the cookies come straight out of the oven. Spin the cookie inside the cookie cutter a bunch of times, and your cookie will be a perfect circle.
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