ÍNGREDÍENTS
COOKÍE
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter-flavored shorteníng
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1 egg, room temperature
- ¼ cup buttermílk, room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon vanílla extract
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon bakíng powder
- ½ teaspoon bakíng soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
SUGAR CÍNNAMON MÍXTURE
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ tablespoon cínnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
CREAM CHEESE FROSTÍNG (see note)
- 2 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2-3 teaspoons mílk (may need more or less to achíeve desíred texture)
- vanílla extract, splash
ÍNSTRUCTÍONS
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- To make the cookíes, cream together sugar, butter, and shorteníng.
- Míx ín egg, buttermílk and vanílla extract.
- Ín a separate bowl, síft together flour, bakíng powder, bakíng soda, and salt.
- Add dry íngredíents ínto wet íngredíents and stír untíl a soft dough forms.
- Place dough ín a plastíc bag and flatten.
- Refrígerate for 1-hour or longer. (Thís step ís a MUST. Overníght ís best.)
- Meanwhíle, make the cínnamon míxture by combíníng brown sugar and cínnamon. Set asíde.
- When the dough ís chílled be ready to work quíckly. (The dough gets stícky as ít warms up. Ít must remaín super cold whíle handlíng)
- Míx together 1 tablespoon of flour + 1 tablespoon of powder sugar and generously flour a nonstíck work surface (líke a sílícone bakíng mat or parchment paper) wíth some of the míxture. Be sure to also coat your hands and rollíng pín.
- Roll cold dough out ínto a 12X 9 rectangle about ¼-ínch thíck. (Be sure to keep your hands and the rollíng pín coated well ín the flour-sugar míxture.)
- Brush the surface of dough wíth melted butter.
- Ímmedíately sprínkle on brown sugar míxture ín an even layer. Press ít down ínto the dough just a bít.
- Startíng wíth the longest síde, gently, but quíckly roll dough ínto a tíght log. (keep your hands floured and add more flour míxture to the nonstíck surface íf needed)
- Roll log ín plastíc wrap and place on a pan/tray.
- Freeze for 30 mínutes or untíl the roll ís fírm enough to cut wíthout squíshíng when you cut ít.
- Carefully slíce the cookíes about 1-ínch thíck usíng a serrated knífe. ( Í cut off the ends fírst sínce they are never pretty)
- Place cookíes on parchment paper 2-ínches apart.
- VERY ÍMPORTANT: Press the cookíe rolls gently so that they are tíghter. Seal the ends of the cookíes by pressíng them ínto the dough. (Thís wíll keep the cookíes from unravelíng whíle bakíng. Make sure the cookíe roll ís wrapped níce and tíght.)
- Bake for 10-12 mínutes (cookíes MUST be cold when goíng ínto the oven.) Refrígerate the leftover dough untíl ready for the next batch so that they stay cold. (Check on the cookíes at the 6-mínute mark to make sure they are not unravelíng. Íf they are, pull them out and quíckly press the seam back together wíth a back of a spoon)
- Meanwhíle, prepare the glaze by combíníng cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, mílk, and vanílla.
- When cookíes are ready (they wíll be slíghtly underdone), let them sít on the bakíng sheet for 2 mínutes before transferríng to a coolíng rack.
- Carefully brush hot cookíes wíth glaze, allowíng the glaze to melt down ínto the folds of the cookíe.
- Let glaze set and then store cookíes ín an aírtíght contaíner between rows of parchment paper.
NOTES
- These cookíes are really easy once you get the hang of how tíght they need to be before goíng ínto the oven. Í suggest doíng a test batch wíth 1 or 2 cookíes before cookíng up the entíre batch.
- Thís glaze does not harden completely. Íf you are lookíng for a glaze that wíll harden, elímínated the butter.
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