Description
Homemade cinnamon cream cheese cookies offer a delightful blend of sweet and tangy flavors. Warm spices and creamy texture make these treats perfect for sharing with friends and family.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 oz (113 g) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cups (180 g) powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- Pinch of kosher salt
Instructions
- Creaming: Utilize an electric mixer to blend softened butter and cream cheese until achieving a luxurious, velvety consistency in a spacious mixing bowl.
- Sugar Integration: Gradually fold powdered sugar into the creamy base, ensuring a smooth and uniform mixture develops with no granular texture remaining.
- Ingredient Fusion: Introduce egg, baking powder, vanilla bean paste, and kosher salt, mixing comprehensively to distribute components evenly throughout the dough.
- Flour Incorporation: Gently fold all-purpose flour into the mixture using low-speed mixing, periodically scraping bowl sides to guarantee complete integration.
- Chilling Phase: Encase dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour, allowing flavors to meld and texture to stabilize.
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for optimal cookie development.
- Coating Preparation: Create a cinnamon-sugar mixture in a separate bowl for rolling dough balls.
- Shaping: Extract chilled dough and form uniform 1-inch balls, thoroughly coating each in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Baking Process: Arrange coated dough balls on prepared sheet, spacing them two inches apart to prevent merging during baking.
- Finishing: Bake for 8-9 minutes until cookies are pale and just set, avoiding over-browning while allowing slight puffing.
- Cooling Protocol: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack for complete cooling before serving or storing.
Notes
- Chill Dough Carefully: Refrigerating for a full hour helps prevent spreading and enhances flavor development, making cookies more compact and tender.
- Sugar Coating Technique: Roll dough balls completely in cinnamon-sugar mixture for even coverage, ensuring a consistent sweet-spicy exterior on every cookie.
- Soft Texture Secret: Remove cookies from oven when pale and just set to maintain a delicate, melt-in-your-mouth texture without excessive browning.
- Storage Strategy: Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days to preserve their soft, creamy consistency.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg