Coffee Cake In Cookie Form
Grab a cup of coffee and prepare your taste buds…these coffee cake cookies are going to blow your mind! Inspired by my coffee cake recipe, these tasty, gourmet-style cookies totally deliver on all the beloved aspects of the real thing: a soft, tender base, crisp cinnamon streusel, and of course, a simple glaze on top. If you enjoyed my blueberry muffin cookies, you’ll love this similarly streusel-topped, perfectly-acceptable-for-breakfast 🙃 cookie. Like that recipe, cake flour helps makes these cookies super tender and soft without making them cakey (a detestable trait in a cookie, don’t you think?). I do include a note in the recipe for substituting all-purpose flour if that’s all you have on hand though! The crumbly streusel is based on my classic streusel topping; it’s easy to make (without a pastry cutter!) and so flavorful. If you choose to double this recipe (it makes 12 large cookies), note that you might want to make the streusel in two separate batches for ease.
What You Need
Pictured below are the ingredients you will need for the cookies, crumb topping, and glaze. Before you get overwhelmed, let me break things down a bit for you!
Cookies
Cake flour. You can substitute all-purpose flour (instructions in the recipe notes below), but I do prefer and recommend cake flour for the softest, most tender coffee cake cookies. Cornstarch. Much like cake flour, cornstarch helps keep these cookies nice and soft and prevents them from spreading too much on the baking sheet. Don’t skip it! Brown sugar. I use a blend of granulated and light brown sugar in the cookies for maximum flavor and perfectly chewy results. Butter. Use softened unsalted butter. If you only have salted butter on hand, you can use that and reduce the salt to ¼ teaspoon. Baking powder + soda. A combination of the two helps these cookies rise without making them too cakey. Remember, baking powder and baking soda are NOT the same thing, and you will need both here.
Topping + Glaze
All-purpose flour. While we’ll use cake flour in the cookies themselves, you will also need all-purpose flour for the crumb topping. Butter. Using melted butter makes our streusel topping easy peasy. If you only have unsalted butter on hand, just skip the salt altogether in the streusel part of the recipe. Cinnamon. Just under a teaspoon adds a warm and cozy flavor to the crumble topping. Powdered sugar. We’ll use powdered sugar to make our easy 2-ingredient glaze. Milk. Any kind works here.
SAM’S TIP: This glaze is foolproof! Made yours too thin? Just add a bit more powdered sugar. Too thick? Add a splash of milk. You seriously can’t mess it up! Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Coffee Cake Cookies
Cookie Dough
Streusel
SAM’S TIP: Don’t work the streusel together too much, or you will be left with a paste that will be difficult to crumble. Use a fork to claw and toss the streusel together just until it is clumpy.
Assembly
SAM’S TIP: Give the cookies about 10 minutes or so to cool, then add your drizzle. Adding the glaze right after the cookies come out of the oven will cause it to melt and be too thin. I hope you are enjoying the gourmet cookies I’ve been sharing recently! I have a few more coming soon, and I would love to hear what others you’d like to see 😊 Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe and video below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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