These cinnamon sugar cookies taste just like the inside of a cinnamon roll! This recipe makes soft cinnamon cookies with pantry ingredients. Everything you love about a chewy sugar cookie with the warmth and comfort of cinnamon and brown sugar.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
Cream butter and dark brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl with a hand mixer (or electric mixer) until a paste forms. Add egg and vanilla extract, and beat well to combine.
Reduce the mixer to low and add dry ingredients in three additions, waiting until almost all the flour has been incorporated before adding the next.
Scoop with a large cookie scoop or roll into balls about ¼ cup size. Chill dough before baking. Bonus points for freezing!
Preheat the oven to 325°F convection.
Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven for 17-20 minutes until the edges are a nice golden brown, the centers have puffed and the surface looks matte not shiny. Cool completely. You can cool them on a wire rack or on the baking sheet.
Notes
Yield – 13, 45g cookiesVariations – Add up to ½ cup cinnamon chips to this recipe.Technique – The butter should be soft but cool to the touch for the chewiest cookies.Storage – These cinnamon sugar cookies will keep up to 10 days at room temperature or several months frozen. I prefer to store the dough frozen and bake them fresh.