Mini Cinnamon Roll Cookies Recipe

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Intense cinnamon flavor fills this yummy cross between a snickerdoodle and a cinnamon roll. Some people even say these taste like Christmas! —Mary Gauntt, Denton, Texas

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Mini Cinnamon Roll Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 1 hour Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 30 Servings
60 10 70

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1-3/4 cups sugar, divided
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey, divided
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 8 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and 1-1/4 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, 1 tablespoon honey and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cream of tartar; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  • Shape a heaping tablespoonful of dough into a 6-in. log. In a shallow bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; roll log in cinnamon-sugar. Loosely coil log into a spiral shape; place on a greased baking sheet. Repeat, placing cookies 1 in. apart. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar.
  • Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. In a small bowl, melt baking chocolate with remaining honey; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 189 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 38 mg cholesterol, 105 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1-1/2 fat.

Originally published as Mini Cinnamon Roll Cookies in Taste of Home October/November 2010, p75

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Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2012 by imabker2

Read some of the reviews - here's a hint - the dough won't be soft or tacky if you start with cold butter.

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2012 by imabker2

Love this recipe! Made it once and tossed out my favorite snickerdoodle recipe! These are great when warm but better the next day - they stay soft thanks to the honey. My family loves them! Don't be intimidated by rope rolling - once you do it, it's simple. I drop them with a cookie scoop, roll into a rope, drop the rope into a pie plate with the cinn/sugar and shake it to coat. Transfer to a cookie sheet and swirl into shape - EASY!

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2012 by andrea JENKINS

i made this cookie today and my husband said WOW ! ty

Reviewed on Dec. 08, 2012 by amanda_matzke

Tips: I rolled the dough into a large ball and cut in half until I had 32 chunks, then put them in the fridge to stiffen a bit. Take out 8 at a time to roll into logs. Otherwise the dough is a little too soft to work with. They turned out perfectly beautiful this way!

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2012 by northwestmom

The dough was a bit difficult to work with but seemed to do o.k. as long as the log wasn't too thin or they would break when put into a roll. I have to say I was extremely disappointed with the chocolate drizzle. I ended up throwing away the first batch because it seized when I added the honey. I thought my chocolate was old, so we tried a fresh batch. It hardened when the honey was added, so my husband added a bit of shortening until it was a good consistency to drizzle. In the future, I would probably just make a powdered sugar glaze for them. We liked the flavor of the cookies and will make again... with a few modifications.

Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2012 by lyssierox225

As other people mentioned the dough crumbled and it was a little confusing in the directions on how to assemble. But all in all they tasted pretty good, I'm not a fan of the icing and the cooking time for my oven just wasn't right so my cookies came out kind of crispy rather than gooey like expected. I wouldn't make again simply because of the irritation I got from the dough breaking so much and being such a hassle. Great taste and look though!

Reviewed on Jan. 13, 2012 by gingerriss

I didnt add the stuff on top and they still turned out really really good

Reviewed on Dec. 26, 2011 by brantra1

I made these Christmas eve for family and everyone loved them! Instead of using white chocolate for the drizzle, I made more of a typical cinnamon roll drizzle.

Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2011 by aorla846

These cookies are a NIGHTMARE to make! Just like others said, the dough is way too crumbly and extremely difficult to roll into shape without breaking apart. The taste was fine but certainly no better than regular snickerdoodles. I finally begged my husband to help me finish rolling them and by the time we were done, we didn't even care about making the icing. Never making again!

Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2011 by EMOrganist

Fabulous flavor and just the right amount of cinnamon

 
 

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