Cinnamon Roll Cookies

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Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Ingredients

Cookie:

    ¾ cup butter, softened

½ cup white sugar

½ cup brown sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 eggs

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

2½ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

Filling:

    ⅔ cup sugar

    3 tsp. ground cinnamon

    4 tbsp. butter

Buttercream Frosting

Directions

    Cookie:

1.     In the bowl of your stand mixer cream together butter and sugar.

2.     Beat in eggs, one at a time—mixing well in between each egg.

3.     Beat in vanilla.

4.     In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

5.     Mix dry ingredients into butter/sugar mixture.

6.     Chill dough for 30 minutes.

7.     Roll out dough into a square that is a ¼ inch thick.

8.     Spread filling all over dough.

9.     Starting at the long end, roll dough up.

10. Wrap with saran wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

11. Preheat oven to 400º.

12. Cut cookies into ¼ inch thick and place on cookie sheet 2 inches apart.

13. Bake for 7-9 minutes.

14. Frost with buttercream icing.

    Filling:

            1. Stir together sugar, cinnamon, and butter.

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