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Cassidy Morris

Churro Cookies

These cookies are inspired by the delicious fried cinnamon dessert, CHURROS!! They are soft, chewy, flavorful and packed with cinnamon flavor. They are a brown butter snickerdoodle base topped with a swirl of cream cheese frosting and cinnamon sugar.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 30 cookies
Course: Dessert, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For Cookies:
  • 1 cup butter 2 sticks unsalted, browned
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup sugar + ½ cup for rolling
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 2/3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp cinnamon + 1 tbsp for rolling
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
For Frosting:
  • 8 oz cream cheese 1 block
  • 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
  • 4-5 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Method
 

For Cookies:
  1. Preheat oven to 350℉ and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a sauce pan over medium high heat, add your butter and let melt. Once it's melted, keep it on the heat and let it cook for 5-10 minutes until it foams up and then turns a amber brown color. Transfer into a glass measuring cup and let cool.
  3. In a large bowl, add your cooled browned butter, brown sugar, and sugar and stir until well combined. Add your eggs, vanilla extract, and stir until light and fluffy.
  4. Once your wet ingredients are combined, add your flour, cinnamon, cornstarch, baking soda and salt and fold together until just combined.
  5. Scoop your cookie dough into 1-2 inch balls, roll them in your remaining ½ cup of sugar and 1 tbsp of cinnamon and place them on your baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
  6. Bake in the oven at 350º for 8 minutes until baked.
For Frosting:
  1. Whip together your butter and cream cheese until well combined and fluffy.
  2. Add your heavy cream, vanilla, and powdered sugar and whip until it comes together.
Assemble:
  1. Once your cookies have cooled completely, add a dollop of frosting on easy cookie and spread it evenly and swirl from the edge going in. Top with a generous sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.
  2. Share and enjoy!!

Notes

Can I make these cookies without the frosting? YES!! Of course, the frosting is totally optional and these cinnamon sugar churro cookies would still be so good.
 
Can I freeze the dough? Yes, you can scoop your cookie dough out and place in a sealed container, (I use freezer bags) in the freezer for a month or the refrigerator for 5-7 days!! Just roll in cinnamon sugar before baking like usual and you're set.