Soft & Fluffy Cinnamon Roll Cookies

“A soft sugar cookie reminiscent of a cinnamon roll! Glazed with cream cheese glaze with swirls of cinnamon sugar”

If a fluffy, chewy sugar cookie and cinnamon roll could have a baby together these cookies would be it! , Like, 4 real! The taste is a bit like a fluffy, chewy sugar cookie but with gooey swirls of cinnamon sugar and cream cheese glaze like a cinnamon roll. It’s such a perfect pairing and they go so well with coffee omg!

The moment I saw these cookies pop-up on Pinterest a few years ago I knew I needed them in my life! Every year around this time, I’d say I was going to make them but never got around to it. The night before I made these I dreamed about cinnamon rolls and cookies.  Then I turn on the tv the next morning and I see Pioneer Woman making cinnamon roll cookies!

I also woke up that morning to a pretty intense snow storm! Being snowed in always puts me in the mood to bake! If that’s not God telling me I need to make and eat a whole batch of cinnamon roll cookies, I don’t know what else is!

I hear ya speaking Lordt, I will obey!

I’ve got so many cookies I want to try before the year is out but these cinnamon roll cookies were first on the list of waistline crashers. I now sit here on the couch typing to the friends in my head (you) while I devour these cookies with my morning coffee.

Life is good.

*Quick question now that I’m thinking about it* Am I the only one who occasionally talks to their food before they take a bite? Like “hello my little pretty” or something like that?  Ok, just checking.

Thank God for this snow and being trapped in the house because it took me several times to get these cookies the way I wanted them.  I wasn’t going for a true sugar cookie base and it seemed most recipes I came across had that in mind. I wanted a chewy yet fluffy and “bready” cookie with a gooey cinnamony center like a cinnamon roll (because everyone knows that’s the best part of a cinnamon roll!) Oh and a cream cheese glaze! Must.Have.Cream.Cheese. Glaze.

That’s not too much to ask for from a cookie, is it?

These cinnamon roll cookies are so easy to make but there is one chant you need to ALWAYS keep in mind. KEEP IT COLD! (You can sing it to any beat you want. I prefer singing it to the tune of Focus by H.E.R but whatevs)

Ingredients

COOKIE

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter-flavored shortening
• 2 tablespoons butter room temperature
• 1 egg room temperature
• 1/4 cup buttermilk room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

CINNAMON SUGAR MIXTURE

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

• 2 oz. cream cheese room temperature
• 2 tablespoons butter room temperature
• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2-3 teaspoons milk may need more or less to achieve desired texture
• vanilla extract splash

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