Coffee Cake Cookies

These Coffee Cake Cookies were adapted from Jesse Szewczyk’s cookie series over at the Kitchn where he posts brand-new monthly cookie recipes every month.

I made a few tweaks by adding less sugar to the crumble and divided the recipe in half since my family is quite small.

There are two layers to these cookies and 4 essential steps when making them. First, let’s talk about the ingredients you will need.

Coffee Cake Cookie Dough Ingredients

• Unsalted butter: that’s melted (no need to wait around for your straight-from-the-fridge, cold butter to reach room temp!). That’s right, melted butter is going to make these cookies amazingly moist, rich in buttery flavor, and will help crisp up the edges nicely.
• Baking soda: will give rise to these coffee cookies. Please note that here in Turkey, (where I live) not carry baking powder in any market. For this reason, I did not use it for this recipe. Instead, I added pear molasses to the sugar which worked perfectly in acting as a leavening agent.
• Ground cinnamon: will add a sweet aromatic flavor and aroma.
• Flour: use an all-purpose flour
• Sugar: of course because we are making cookies here.
• Large eggs and extra egg yolk: don’t forget to save the extra whites to help the streusel stick to the cookie ball!
• Vanilla: for a more sweet aroma.

Crumble Streusel Coatings

All you need are a few essential ingredients. Unsalted butter makes the streusel come together and makes it moist. All-purpose flour is the base. Light or dark brown sugar will work just fine. Ground cinnamon to add rich aromatics. Kosher or Sea salt to balance out the sweetness.

Two-Ingredient Icing

Milk: I like to use full-fat milk.

Powdered sugar.

How to Make Coffee Cake Cookies

Make the Cookie Dough

• Whisk the wet ingredients together; melted butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla.
• Next, in a separate bowl, add all of the dry ingredients together; all-purpose flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda, and give a stir to combine.
• Then, add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix and fold until well incorporated, place in the fridge for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, make the streusel topping.

Make the Streusel Topping

• Add all of the streusel ingredients into a bowl; butter, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and sea salt. Combine all of the ingredients together by pinching and tossing with your fingertips until clumps form. Set aside.

Create an Egg White froth

• Do this by whisking 2 eggs together until nice and frothy.

Put it all Together and Bake

• Grab the cookie dough from the fridge and form them into balls. I used a cookie scoop to ensure all cookies are the same size and will finish cooking at the same time.

• Dip the cookie dough ball into the egg whites, then into the crumble. Roll and press the crumble onto the ball when needed. If the dough is too soft, place the dough back into the fridge until firm.

• Finally, place the cookie dough ball onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat and bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes. You may think that it’s too early to take them out but trust the process. As they cool, you’ll see the crinkly cookie magic happen right before your eyes.

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Coffee Cake Cookies

Sweet Coffee Cake Cookies with a simple drizzle of icing. Enjoy with your favorite hot beverage.

Author: Ashley Cooking Method: Baking, Mixing Cuisine: American Courses: Cookies, Dessert Recipe Keys: C Cookies D Desserts S Snacks

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 8 min Total Time 18 mins Servings: 12

Ingredients

Servings

Coffee Cake Cookie Dough

• 1 sticks (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk (save the white for later)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract or powder

Crumble Streusel

• 4 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup  light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher or sea salt

Other

• 2 whisked egg whites (remember that egg white you saved earlier?)
• 1 cup powdered sugar and 2 tbsp milk for the icing

Instructions

Make the Cookie Dough

1. Whisk the wet ingredients together; melted butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla.

2. Next, put all of the dry ingredients in a separate bowl, including all-purpose flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda, and stir to combine.

3. After that, add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix and fold until everything is thoroughly combined, then chill for 20 minutes. Make the streusel in the meantime.

Make the Streusel

1. Add all of the streusel ingredients into a bowl; butter, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and sea salt. Combine all of the ingredients together by pinching and tossing with your fingertips until clumps form. Set aside. 

Putting it All Together

1. Grab the cookie dough from the fridge and form them into balls. Use a cookie scoop to ensure all cookies are the same size and will finish cooking at the same time.

2. Dip the cookie dough ball into the whisked eggs whites, then into the crumble. Roll and press the crumble onto the ball where needed. If the dough is too soft, place the dough back into the fridge until firm.

3. Finally, place the Streusel-covered cookie dough ball onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat and bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes. You may think that it’s too early to take them out but trust the process. As they cool, you’ll see the crinkly cookie magic happen right before your eyes.

4. Stir together the powdered sugar and milk until a drizzly icing is formed and drizzle over the cookies after they have cooled. Enjoy with your favorite hot beverage. 

Note

Are you using a dark baking sheet?

Please note: if you have a dark baking pan, lower the heat to 325°F.

Always drizzle the icing once the cookies have cooled.

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