Cinnamon Roll Cookie Cake | Life Love and Sugar

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This Cinnamon Roll Cookie Cake a enjoyable twist on a traditional cinnamon roll! It’s made by rolling strips of cookie dough coated in cinnamon sugar right into a cinnamon roll form. With a cinnamon buttercream topping, each chunk is full of heat taste.

A cinnamon roll cookie cake with a slice missing

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

  • Big cinnamon roll cookie. Oh this recipe is so enjoyable! The cookie dough is rolled out, topped with cinnamon sugar, after which rolled up like an precise cinnamon roll.
  • Heat cinnamon taste all through. Cinnamon is present in each a part of this recipe – the cookie dough itself, the cinnamon sugar filling, and the buttercream. It’s not overpowering however you undoubtedly get that taste in each chunk!
  • Cinnamon buttercream. As a substitute of a candy glaze like a conventional cinnamon roll, this cookie cake is topped with dollops of selfmade cinnamon buttercream. It’s SO good! Critically, you’ll wish to put this buttercream on EVERYTHING.

In the event you LOVE cookie desserts, you should definitely take a look at this traditional Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake in addition to this unimaginable Reeses Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake and my Oreo Cookie Cake too!

Ingredients needed to make cinnamon roll cookie cakeIngredients needed to make cinnamon roll cookie cake

What You’ll Want

This cinnamon roll cookie cake is made with numerous cinnamon and a few pantry staples. Scroll all the way down to the recipe card under for measurements.

Cookie Cake

  • All-purpose flour – Make sure you measure it appropriately to keep away from a dry or dense cookie. I like to recommend a meals scale. You’ll need common all-purpose flour.
  • Cinnamon – Provides a touch of the nice and cozy cinnamon taste to the cookie itself.
  • Baking soda – Don’t use baking powder.
  • Salt – With out a little salt, your cookie will probably be bland.
  • Unsalted butter – Convey it to room temperature earlier than beginning the recipe.
  • Sugar – A mixture of brown sugar and white sugar provides one of the best taste.
  • Egg – Make sure you use massive eggs, not medium or further massive.
  • Vanilla extract

Cinnamon Roll Filling

  • Mild brown sugar – The molasses within the brown sugar provides a bit extra heat to the filling.
  • Floor cinnamon
  • Unsalted butter – Helps the cinnamon sugar keep on with the dough.

Cinnamon Buttercream

  • Unsalted butter – Room temperature so it’s simpler to combine.
  • Powdered sugar – Sweetens and the buttercream and provides quantity and stability.
  • Vanilla extract
  • Cinnamon
  • Heavy whipping cream – You may additionally use milk, you simply gained’t want as a lot of it.

How To Make a Cinnamon Roll Cookie Cake

This cookie cake recipe does require a little bit of hands-on time as you form strips of cookie dough into a large roll however it’s price each second, I promise! You will discover the printable model of the directions within the recipe card under.

Make cookie cake

  • Prep. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line the cake pan with parchment paper and spray the perimeters with nonstick baking spray.
  • Make the dough. Mix the dry elements in a bowl. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugars till gentle and fluffy. Combine within the egg and vanilla then add within the dry elements. Combine till the dough is simply mixed then use a rubber spatula to assist it kind a extra cohesive ball of dough.
  • Chill. Wrap the cookie dough ball in plastic. Chill for 1-2 hours, till agency however pliable.
  • Prep the cinnamon filling. Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon in a single small bowl then soften the butter in one other bowl.
  • Roll out the dough. Lower the dough ball in half. Roll out to 1/4 to 1/3 inch in thickness in an oblong form. I take advantage of a pastry cutter to trim the rounded sides off.
  • Kind cookie dough roll. Brush the cookie dough with melted butter then sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar. Lower the dough into inch-wide strips. Roll the primary one and place it within the middle of the pan. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough strips, inserting each on the finish of the earlier strip working outwards. There will probably be some area on the sting of the pan.
  • Bake. Bake for 18-22 minutes, till the sides are golden and the middle appears set.
  • Cool. Cool fully within the pan then switch to a serving plate. I wish to flip it the other way up onto a cooling rack, place one other cooling rack on prime, and flip it again over.

Make buttercream and end

  • Make the frosting. Beat the butter till easy then slowly combine in a cup of powdered sugar. Add within the vanilla, cinnamon, and a tablespoon of heavy cream then combine in the remainder of the powdered sugar. Add extra heavy cream if wanted for the correct consistency.
  • Enhance the cake. Switch the frosting to a piping bag and pipe the frosting onto the sides of the cookie cake. I used Ateco tip 844.
Overhead view of a cinnamon roll cookie cakeOverhead view of a cinnamon roll cookie cake

Ideas for Success

  • Absolutely cream the butter. When mixing the butter and sugars, it is best to have the ability to see the change in colour and texture. It ought to take 2-3 minutes to realize the sunshine colour and fluffy consistency.
  • Don’t over combine the cookie dough. After including the dry elements to the dough, combine simply till effectively mixed. Over mixing may end up in a troublesome cookie.
  • Don’t make the rectangles too lengthy or skinny. When rolling out the dough, don’t make the rectangle form too large as you don’t need the strips to be too lengthy or skinny and tear simply. I roll it out to about 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick.
  • Chill the dough once more if wanted. While you’re rolling the strips of cookie dough, in the event you discover the dough too mushy and troublesome to work with, strive popping it again within the fridge for 10 minutes or so.
  • Know the dough spreads. There will even be some area on the sting of the pan when you’ve added all of the dough. That’s okay because the dough will unfold a bit because it bakes and fill the pan.
A slice of cinnamon roll cookie cake on a plateCinnamon Roll Cookie Cake | Life Love and Sugar

Correct Storage

Due to the frosting, this cinnamon roll cookie cake needs to be refrigerated after 24 hours. Nevertheless, it’s best served at room temperature so simply bear in mind to drag it from the fridge 30 or so minutes earlier than serving. It’s best when loved inside 4-5 days.

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This recipe was initially printed in 2014. For the unique model, you may obtain the recipe PDF.

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