A fun take on two classic desserts. These Coffee Cake Cookies have the crispy buttery texture of a cookie with the sweet cinnamon flavor of a coffee cake. The perfect combination of flavors and textures in one delicious bite.
If you like the flavors of coffee cake and the crunchy texture of a buttery cookie, then you’re going to love these Coffee Cake Cookies. It’s a buttery cookie topped with the best part of a coffee cake, the crumble top of course.
Why You Will Love These Cookies
- Easy To Make: Nothing complicated here, just simple ingredients with straight forward steps.
- Make Ahead Friendly: Prepare cookies and freeze before baking or bake them, place in a ziplock bag and freeze. When ready to serve, remove from freezer and let come to room temperature.
- Soft & Chewy Texture: The perfect tender cookie with a sweet crunchy topping.
- The Best Of Both Worlds: All the comforting flavors of a coffee cake in an easy to handle cookie.
What You Will Need To Make These Cookies
Equipment:
- Mixing Bowls: Having mixing bowls in a variety of sizes helps in the preparation of your recipes. I prefer to use glass mixing bowls because they are easy to clean and they do not react with acidic ingredients.
- Hand Mixer: For mixing your ingredients together
- Small Ice Cream Scoop: Using an ice cream scoop is an easy way to scoop out your cookies dough and will insure that all your cookies are uniform in size.
- Baking Sheet: Using an aluminum baking sheet is important because aluminum is a great heat conductor which will allow for even baking.
- Parchment Paper: Prevents sticking and allows for easy clean up.
Ingredients:
- Butter: Unsalted and brought to room temperature.
- Sugar: This recipe calls for three types of sugar, Brown Sugar, Powdered Sugar and Granulated Sugar for added sweetness and texture.
- Eggs: This is the binder in this recipe, creating a chewy cookie.
- Milk: for added moisture.
- Pure Vanilla Extract: I always opt for pure vanilla extract due to its intense vanilla flavor.
- Flour: A good All Purpose Flour works well for this recipe.
- Baking Powder & Baking Soda: These are the leavening agents in the recipe. It will make your cookies soft and tender.
- Ground Cinnamon: This will add a warm spicy notes to these cookies.
- Cornstarch: A small amount of cornstarch will give these cookies a soft chewy texture.
- Salt: A pinch of salt will enhance the flavors in your recipes.
Other Cookies
Coffee Cake Cookies
Course: Recipes30
servings15
minutes10
minutesA fun take on two classic desserts. The buttery texture of a cookie with the sweet cinnamon flavor of a moist coffee cake, making the perfect combination of flavors and textures.
Ingredients
- For The Cookie
1 Cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 Cup brown sugar
1 Egg + 1 egg yolk
1 Tablespoon milk
2 Teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 3/4 Cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder
1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 Teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt
- Crumble Topping
1/2 Cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 Cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 Cup unsalted butter
- Icing
1/3 Cup powdered sugar
1/4 Teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Teaspoons milk
Directions
- For The Crumble Topping
- Whisk the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar and ground cinnamon in a small bowl. Microwave the butter in a microwave safe bowl until melted. Pour melted butter into the flour mixture and mix to form a crumble. Place mixture in the refrigerator until needed.
- For The Cookie
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set to the side.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar together in a medium bowl until smooth. Add the egg, egg yolk and the vanilla extract and continue beating until fluffy.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cornstarch and salt until combined. Pour the flour mixture into the butter mixture and continue beating until just combined.
- Scoop out cookie dough using a smell ice cream scoop and place the dough balls 2” apart on the prepared baking sheet. Make a small indent in the center of each dough ball. Fill the indent with the prepared crumble topping then place in the preheated oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
- For The Icing
- Whisk the powdered sugar, milk and water together in a small bowl until it forms a drizzle like consistency. Drizzle the tops of the cooled cookies with the prepared icing and allow to set.
- Enjoy.
