Crispy coffee cake cookies with crumble topping and an easy powdered sugar glaze is a fun treat to serve with coffee in the morning or after dinner. Your whole family will love this dessert.
Whether these just caught your eye or you saw them on your favorite tv show, these are an out of the box dessert recipe. Just like your favorite breakfast food they have all the same flavors but you can pick them up and they don’t crumble all over the place.
So you may have seen these on social media or on the Today Show too, I get it. Sometimes people like to perform their own cooking shows at their house and recipes become an instant hit. I heard this is one of them, although they aren’t a new thing. 😉 I have made a few other “traditional” ways that are more like a cake form like our Instant Pot coffee cake that we love.
When I want something smaller and more of a grab and go goodie, we will make a dozen coffee cake muffins which are pretty fun too. A lot of the ingredients needed for these would be used in a more cake. like variety too, except we use two different flours here. Of course these won’t be as fluffy, that’s the biggest difference.
Ingredient Notes
You will need to add some light brown sugar to create a deep sweetness to this treat.
Some cooled but melted butter, unsalted is best, is best. You could use a dairy free alternative for this if need be.
Vegetable oil is added but you could use other things for lower fat like applesauce or pumpkin puree but those will change the flavors slightly.
Whole large Egg at room temperature is idea and vanilla extract will add a warm flavor to the batter.
You need to add both Baking soda and Baking powder to help them become fluffy and rise. Ground cinnamon will give it a Fall flavor.
All purpose flour is the base of your dry ingredients but we also added some almond flour as well for a richer flavor.
If you need a basic gluten free cookie dough to use for the base of this use this link to grab that. Then use our topping so everyone can enjoy a few in your household.
For your Cinnamon Roll Cookies, you’re first going to make your batter as you normally would with a traditional chocolate chip variety. There won’t be any chunks inside of it, rather the goodies are sprinkled on top once you make a divot to hold them on. 😉 You’re going to need;
Streusel Topping
You will want some more all purpose flour (remember this is how to measure flour with a measuring cup) with brown sugar, ground cinnamon (could add a pinch of granulated sugar in there too) and some butter.
Do you add crumb topping to cookies before or after baking?
Now on to the crumb topping for muffins you might also see on a muffin. Same idea but in order for it to not fall off you will press the top with your thumb or the back of a spoon so it stays before baking them.
Powdered Sugar Cookie Glaze
You have likely made this real fast for other goodies too. It is the easiest way to make a quick frosting of sorts to drizzle on instead of pipe like a thicker version. This is great on top of our coffee cake in a mug version too. You just combine powdered sugar or confectioners sugar they call it with some lemon juice water or milk
How do you bake cookies to be chewy?
Place the baking sheet in the hot oven and bake for 8-11 minutes. If you want them chewy you will aim for 8 min. The longer the cookies bake, the firmer and crispier they will be. Remove when the outsides are cracking but not quite to the middle. Center should not look raw but still soft. Allow to cool on the baking sheet before removing to stay soft.
Coffee Cake Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
- 2 bowls
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1.5 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup almond flour
Crumb Topping
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp butter, cold
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice, water or milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 360 F. In a deep bowl, mix dry ingredients – two types of flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon. Use a whisk. In another bowl, combine sugar, vegetable oil and butter, beat until fluffy or just until combined.
- Next, pour vanilla extract into a bowl with butter and sugar, and also add an egg. Continue stirring until completely combined. Add dry ingredients and mix until you get a soft and fairly crumbly dough. Cover with foil and leave for half an hour.
- To make the streusel, place the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and cubes of butter in a bowl. Stir until you get an oily crumb mixture. Use a spoon or your hands to form cookie dough into small balls, about 2 inches in diameter, and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Then make a deepening in each ball, pour streusel into it. You can also make flatter cookies and sprinkle streusel on top as well.
- Place the baking sheet in the hot oven and bake for 8-11 minutes. The longer the cookies bake, the firmer and crispier they will be. Remove the finished cookies and let cool.
- While it is cooling, make a frosting with lemon juice and powdered sugar. Ready cookies with glaze and leave for another half an hour on the table for solidification. Cookies can be stored in a container with a lid.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How do you Make Powdered Sugar Glaze for Cookies?
Another way to make a glaze similar to this one would be to buy a tub of vanilla or cream cheese flavor. Pillsbury or Duncan Hines have them for cheap. Then just open, pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds and it will loosen up to be poured over the top of all the things!! I do this for our healthy coffee cake (I mean all in moderation right).
While it is cooling, make a frosting with lemon juice and powdered sugar. Ready cookies with glaze and leave for another half an hour on the table for solidification. Enjoy with chocolate cream cold brew! Cookies can be stored (once at room temperature) in a container with a lid to stay soft and chewy.
