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two halves of stacked coffee cake cookies atop other cookies with white flowers on either side, a white coffee cup and empty jar behind.

Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake Cookies

Soft, chewy, with just the right amount of crunch from the streusel filling. Every bite of these delicious Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake Cookies are reminiscent of the classic breakfast cake, but in sweet cookie form! So simple, but so delicious. Bonus? These cookies are ready in less than a hour!
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 20
Calories: 186kcal

Ingredients

Streusel

  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 5 Tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 3 Tablespoons salted butter slightly chilled

Cookies

  • 2 cups all purpose flour*
  • 1¾ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1⅔ teaspoons corn starch
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup salted butter room temperature
  • ½ cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 5 Tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Streusel

  • Heat oven to 350℉.
  • Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour.
  • Cut in butter using a pastry blender, or fork. Set aside.

Cookies

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, corn starch, and baking soda. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Beat in egg and vanilla.
  • Stir in flour mixture.
  • Use a 1½ Tablespoon cookie scoop to portion dough.
  • Place on prepared pans.
  • Use a rounded bottom measure spoon (we use ½ Tablespoon) to make indention in top of each cookie.
  • Fill indentions with streusel.
  • Bake for 15 minutes, or until just starting to brown around edges.
  • Allow to cool on pan.

Notes

*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g  to the measurement for each cup of flour.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 34mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 280IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg