Coffee Cake Cookies

Name: Coffee Cake Cookies
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 1 h 8 min
Cuisine: European, German
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon cardamom; 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste; 7 tablespoons all purpose flour( streusel filling); 1 /4 brown sugar(streusel filling); 1/4 cup cold butter(streusel middle); 1 teaspoon cinnamon(streusel middle); 1/2 teaspoon cardamom(streusel middle); 1/2 powdered sugar(icing); 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract(icing); 1 tablespoon milk(icing)

8 steps

Prep:55minCook:13min

Spiced cookies with streusel center. Original recipe is vegan. I made with regular ingredients. Vegan just substitute 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons water and let sit till thickened. Then use vegan butter and plant based milk for icing.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:57:26 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories175.9 kcal (9%)

Total Fat11.5 g (16%)

Carbs17.7 g (7%)

Sugars13.7 g (15%)

Protein1.1 g (2%)

Sodium97.8 mg (5%)

Fiber0.4 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

½ cupbutter

softened

½ cupsugar

¼ cupbrown sugar

1 teaspoonbaking powder

¼ teaspoonsalt

1egg

1 teaspooncinnamon

¼ teaspooncardamom

1 teaspoonvanilla bean paste

7 tablespoonsall purpose flour

streusel filling

brown sugar

streusel filling

¼ cupbutter

cold, streusel middle

1 teaspooncinnamon

streusel middle

½ teaspooncardamom

streusel middle

0.5powdered sugar

icing

½ teaspoonvanilla bean paste

or extract, icing

1 tablespoonmilk

icing

Instructions

Step 1

Beat butter and sugars till light and fluffy

Step 2

Make flax egg for vegan or add 1 regular egg and beat 30 seconds

Step 3

Add in all purpose flour, cinnamon, cardamom, baking powder, and salt. Add flour first and then other ingredients on top. Mix in until thick dough forms and is soft.

Step 4

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate from 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Step 5

Make streusel filling. Add flour, sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and cold butter. Mix in food processor or break up with fork to get crumbly mixture that holds together.

Step 6

Set streusel aside and preheat oven to 350 about 10 minutes before taking dough out of refrigerator, and line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Step 7

Remove dough from refrigerator and scoop out 12 cookies(large cookies) roll into balls and press down middle with thumb and use fingers to make larger. Place one tablespoon filling in middle of cookie. Once filled, bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Don't overbake. Remove and let sit 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack till cooled.

Step 8

Make icing by mixing all icing ingredients. When cookies are cool, drizzle icing over cookies.