Easy Cinnamon Coffee Cake Cookies

What is better than traditional coffee cake? Transforming all of the textures and flavors into Easy Cinnamon Coffee Cake Cookies. These cookies start with a cake mix and end with a buttery crumb mixture and glaze that create the ultimate simple dessert.

Table of Contents

• What makes Coffee Cake a Coffee Cake?
• What you Need for this Recipe
• How to make this Coffee Cake Cookies Recipe
• Expert Tips
• Storing and Freezing
• Recipe FAQs
• Do you love crumb and coffee cake? Try these recipes…
• Easy Cinnamon Coffee Cake Cookies

What makes Coffee Cake a Coffee Cake?

Have you ever wondered what makes a coffee cake a coffee cake? For a long time I assumed it was a cake that had coffee in it but that is just not true.

Coffee cake {sometimes called kaffee kuchen or crumb cake} is a sweet single layer cake that is infused with cinnamon and has a streusel topping.

The streusel mixture can be layered inside the cake or just added on top. Sometimes nuts and other spices are also used to give it more flavor.

They can also be made with fruit inside the cake. This Apple Crumb Cake and Lemon Blueberry Crumb Cake are both great examples of using fresh fruit.

This coffee cake cookie recipe gives you another take on this classic. The bakery-style cookies are also great with a cup of coffee.

What you Need for this Recipe

Cookie:

• Cake Mix: A vanilla, French vanilla or white cake mix can be used for the cookie base.
• Corn Starch: This will give the cookies a lighter and softer texture.
• Cinnamon: Adding cinnamon in both the cookie dough and the streusel topping allow you to marry both together nicely.
• Sour Cream: Helps balance the sweetness of the cookies. It is also an ingredient used in many coffee cake recipes.

Streusel Topping

• Brown Sugar: Using light brown sugar or dark brown sugar instead of white sugar in the topping gives it a deep and rich flavor.
• Butter: It is the glue that holds the other ingredients together and should not be substituted for margarine.
• Salt: A pinch of salt helps give the topping a wonderful flavor that you wouldn’t get otherwise. Don’t skip it!

See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How to make this Coffee Cake Cookies Recipe

1. To begin, combine the cake mix, flour, cornstarch and cinnamon in a large bowl. Whisk to combine the dry ingredients. Then add the eggs, melted butter and sour cream.

2. Use an electric mixer {or mix by hand} to combine the cookie ingredients until you have a thick cinnamon dough base.

3. Once the dough is made, turn your attention to the streusel topping. Combine the ingredients in a small bowl and mix with a fork {or pastry cutter} until you have a crumbly mixture {it will remind you of wet sand}.

4. Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop mounds of dough onto a silicone mat {or parchment paper} lined baking sheet. Then use your thumb {or the back of a spoon} to create an indentation into the center of the cookies.

5. Next, take a half tablespoon of cinnamon filling and add it to the middle of each cookie indentation.

6. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 9-11 minutes or until the cookies are set and the crumb topping has baked down into the center of the cookies. Remove from the oven allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet that is placed on a wire rack.

7. Once the cookies have cooled, combine the icing ingredients and whisk until smooth. {Note: Adding a bit more heavy cream {or milk} if needed to get a consistency that will easily drizzle}.

8. Finally, drizzle the vanilla glaze over the top of the cooled cookies and allow the icing to set up for about 30 minutes. If you prefer no vanilla icing, a sprinkle of powdered sugar is lovely.

Expert Tips

• Whisk the dry ingredients together. Doing so will ensure that all of the ingredients will mix together evenly.
• Don’t over mix the streusel topping. When the buttery cinnamon streusel is mixed too much the end result will be a paste and not large crumbs.
• Add a good amount of streusel topping to the middle of each cookie. Don’t skimp on the streusel topping. It adds great texture and flavor.
• Bake until the cookies are set and the bottoms are a light golden brown color. It can be hard to tell when these cookies are done baking, so taking a peak at the bottom will help.
• Allow the cookies to cool completely before adding the icing. If you try to add the icing before the cookies are cooled the icing will melt and not set up.
• The corn syrup in the icing helps it to set up perfectly. A lot of you don’t love using corn syrup in baking and it can be omitted.

Storing and Freezing

Store- Keep leftover cake mix cookies in an airtight container either at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

Freeze- These chewy coffee cake cookies freeze wonderfully for up to 3 months. The important thing to remember is that the cookies are stored in a good airtight container.

Recipe FAQs

Do you love crumb and coffee cake? Try these recipes…

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