These Coffee Cake Cookies give you the best of two desserts with the sweet, buttery, and cinnamon flavors of a coffee cake and a soft, tender cookie. A streusel topping is added to the cookies before they are baked with a sweet glaze drizzled over each before serving. It’s a delicious recipe that is adapted from Mallory @thepalatablelife on TikTok. Enjoy one with your cup of coffee or tea with no need to defend having a cookie for breakfast! Try my Blueberry Crumble Cake Cookies for another treat that combines a cake-like texture with a cookie!
Ingredients & Substitutions
Butter: Two sticks of unsalted butter provide the cookies with a rich, buttery flavor. In addition, the butter helps the cookies be tender and moist. If using salted butter, you may want to lessen the amount of salt in the recipe.
Brown Sugar: Light brown sugar, with a mild molasses flavor, adds sweetness and moisture to the cookies.
Flour: I used both all-purpose flour and cake flour in the cookies. Adding a little bit of cake flour, which is lower in protein than all-purpose, helps the cookies have a more cake-like texture. If you don’t have any on hand, make your own cake flour.
Cinnamon: Cinnamon is a key flavor in these coffee cake cookies, providing warmth and a pleasant spice. It’s one of the defining taste elements in coffee cake.
Streusel Topping: The topping for the cookies is a crumbly topping made with flour, granulated sugar, salt, and butter. This is also known as crumble or as a crumb cake topping.
Glaze: The simple glaze is drizzled over the baked, cooled cookies for a bit of sweetness and a hint of flavor. It can be optional; the cookies are delicious without the glaze, too!
Can I Make The Cookies Ahead Of Time?
Sure, you can actually get the cookie dough and the streusel made in advance. To get the dough made ahead of time, first, scoop the dough onto a lined baking dish. Then, place the balls of dough in the freezer for an hour or two, or until solid. Once solid, store the dough in resealable freezer-safe bags for up to 2-3 months. When ready to bake the cookies, let them thaw a bit until you can slightly flatten the dough. You can also get the streusel mixed together and frozen as well. When ready to use, let it warm up at room temperature before adding to the tops of the cookies.
How To Store Coffee Cake Cookies
Store Coffee Cake Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. They will last up to 3-5 days. Check out my Guide to Freezing, Baking, and Storing Cookies for more helpful tips!
Can I Freeze Coffee Cake Cookies?
Yes, you can freeze coffee cake cookies, but I recommend freezing them without the glaze. To freeze the cookies, first, let them cool completely. Then, store them in a freezer-safe container. For extra protection against freezer burn, wrap each cookie individually in plastic wrap or aluminum foil. They will last up to 2-3 months. When ready to enjoy, let the cookies thaw at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Once thawed, add the glaze before serving, if using.
Coffee Cake Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup (2 sticks / 227 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup (200 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cake flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Streusel
- ½ cup (62.5 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup (½ stick / 57 g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
Glaze
- 1 cup (125 g) confectioners' sugar
- 1-3 tablespoons whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cookie
- In a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed, cream butter and brown sugar together.
- Add egg and vanilla. Mix on low until all ingredients are incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, cake flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing until combined.
Streusel
- In a small bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, salt, and melted butter until crumbly. Set aside.
Assembly
- Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop, drop the dough onto a lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. (I usually put 6 cookie dough balls onto each cookie sheet.)
- Using your hand, gently press each dough ball to flatten slightly. Top each cookie with about 1 tablespoon of the streusel.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the cookies are just starting to brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool as you prepare the glaze.
- To make the glaze, mix the confectioners' sugar with enough milk to achieve your desired glaze consistency. Drizzle over cooled cookies.
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What the Test Kitchen had to say about this recipe:
Autumn
This cookie is really good! The texture is light with a subtle and sweet crunch from the toppings.
Elizabeth
I will have no problem eating a cookie for breakfast with my coffee! I love the texture, and the streusel topping 'makes' the cookie, I think!
Bella
The glaze and streusel bring everything together! I love the hint of cinnamon in this cookie. This is a good cookie to have alongside a hot beverage!
Annabelle
I love how simple and pretty these are! I would recommend having these with your morning coffee!
Selena
These totally remind me of coffee cake! The streusel and glaze and tender cookie are just right!
Where yoy say to use 1/2 c of cake flour, can I just use regular flour here?
The recipe won’t turn out that same if you substitute all-purpose flour.
Am very pleasantly surprised with this recipe, thank you very much for posting it ! To my family’s delight I got it right 👍 and I’m doubt these will last 3 days here ! Wonderful cookie -THANK YOU !
Oh yay!!! So glad you and your family enjoyed them!
About the cake flour, I don’t use enough to buy a big bag so how to I make cake flour out of reg.flour.
WOWZA! Delicious cookies! I made these and we couldn’t stop eating them! Now I have to make more for our guests next week!
So I have a ton of walnuts… I’m thinking of making these for our annual cookie exchange and would like to know if you made your strudel with walnuts in it … I’m making them and adding for an extra crunch …. Will let you know
These cookies are the best!!!
Absolutely wonderful. Taste is cinnamon but the topping is salty, buttery giving it a brilliant flavor.
I made this for my office Christmas party and even though I ate most of them, they were a hit.B
My husbands absolute favorite. A hit with all 12 grandkids as well. My buble study group and Saturday morning coffee group loves them. God Bless You for their smiles and excitement when I bake them. Bakung some more right now. ❤😊
My family was gushing over how much they loved these cookies! Another great recipe from Amanda!
This is an AMAZING cookie! All I can say is WOW. On my cookie make list anytime I need to bring to someone’s house. Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe.