If you love a chewy cookie you're going to go crazy over these cousins to the infamous snickerdoodle cookie!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- These cookies are great made ahead for a holiday treat.
- Chewy cookies that have a great texture for the holiday season.
- Delicious cinnamon flavor with the perfect hint of spice.
Chewy cinnamon cookies (you may know them as crackle cookies or crinkle cookies) just taste like "welcome home"... if welcome home had a flavor.
Warm and spicy, they go perfectly with a cup of coffee or a glass of ice cold milk!
🧾 Ingredients
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- butter
- sugar
- brown sugar
- eggs
- vanilla
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- cinnamon
- cayenne pepper, ground
- dark chocolate
🔪 Instructions
These are an overview of the instructions. You'll find the full instructions in the green recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs.
- Stir in dry ingredients.
- Roll the dough into similar sized balls. Roll each ball in the sugar mixture and place 2-inches apart on a baking sheet that’s been covered with parchment or silicone.
- Melt the chocolate and dip the baked, cooled cookies in the melted chocolate. Decorate as desired.
Baking times
Find the baking time for the perfect cookie whether you like them chewy or crispy.
Everyone likes something different when it comes to cookie texture! I baked these for 4 different times so I could tell you how to get exactly what you want! Times were tested at 375F.
- 8 minutes makes for a very soft, chewy cinnamon crackle cookie.
- 8-½ minutes gives you a cookie that is soft and chewy in the center with thin, crispy edges.
- 9 minutes creates a cookie with a slightly chewy center and a crisp crust overall. I liked this best.
- 10 minutes results in a crunchy cookie.
🥄 Equipment
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🥫 Storage
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. Be sure to keep the container tightly sealed to keep the cookies fresh.
Like almost all cinnamon sugar cookie recipes, these can be frozen baked, or unbaked for 3 to 4 months.
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: Make sure that your ingredients are all at room temperature to get the best texture for your cookies.
- This recipe is so easy that it's a good one to make with kids. Even the littlest of the littles can roll the ball of dough in the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
- Use baking soda and baking powder in this recipe. Baking soda weakens the gluten and that helps the crackles to form properly but it needs the baking powder to rise.
- You can roll the dough balls in Confectioner's or granulated sugar before baking BUT I suggest granulated because the sugar dries out the surface of the dough, giving it that thin layer of crispy sugar that we all love.
- If your cinnamon cookies don't crinkle enough at 375F try 325F for a longer period of time and see if you like them better.
- Be sure to remove them from the oven when they are puffed and JUST done if you like chewier cookies.
- Chilling the dough overnight will give you an easier dough to work with.
- Weighing the dough ensures that your cookies are all the same size and they will bake better. I made mine 0.5 ounces - about 1 scant tablespoon.
👩🍳 FAQs
Similarly but with the added kick of spice and chocolate.
The only difference is the cut, you can use granulated in this recipe.
Yes! Before baking, you will roll your cookies in cinnamon sugar.
📚 Related recipes
- Cinnamon Gelato is rich, creamy cinnamon ice cream that's SO good with apple pie!
- These Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are a classic breakfast that you wish your mom made.
- You can even go wrong with a cream cheese and cinnamon streusel like this Cinnamon Cheese Crowns recipe.
- This Spice Cake with maple cream cheese frosting is so addictive and has the perfect level of spice.
🍽️ Serve with...
Serve these cinnamon cookies on a platter with some of my other delicious cookie recipes.
- Santa's Whiskers Cookies are soft and chewy and filled with sweet cherry flavor.
- Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss Cookies are classic cookies that everyone loves.
- You can never go wrong with Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies.
- Old Fashioned Rolled Sugar Cookies are always a hit with the entire family.
📞 The last word
What's better than spicy, crispy, chewy cinnamon cookies? How about a spicy, crispy, chewy cinnamon cookie dipped in a shiny chocolate glaze?!
This cookie recipe is for cinnamon lovers only!
If you love that spicy flavor try these gingerbread snowball cookies next time!
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need. Don't forget that you can click on "add to collection" to save it to your own, private recipe box!
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📖 Recipe
Chewy Cinnamon Cookies
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Equipment Needed
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Spicy Sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne, optional
Chocolate Glaze
- 12 ounces dark chocolate
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
Cookie Dough
- Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
- Add butter and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Or use a hand held electric mixer.
- Cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
- Add the vanilla extract and mix until well blended.
- Stir in flour mixture until the dough comes together and you can't see any streaks of flour.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least two hours, or overnight.
- Mix the cinnamon, sugar, and cayenne in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Gently roll tablespoon-sized pieces of dough (about 0.5 oz each) into a ball.
- Drop each dough ball into the cinnamon sugar mixture and roll around until the dough is covered.
- Place 2-inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Centers will still be soft.
- Let cool for 10 to 15 minutes before removing from cookie sheets.
Chocolate Glaze
- Add the chocolate and butter to a microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave on 50% power until melted, stirring every 20 seconds.
- Add cinnamon and cayenne, stirring to blend.
- Dip each cooled cookie halfway into melted chocolate and place on parchment paper to set. Add sprinkles, nuts, or other décor while chocolate is still very soft.
Notes
- This recipe is so easy that it's a good one to make with kids. Even the littlest of the littles can roll the ball of dough in the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
- Use baking soda and baking powder in this recipe. Baking soda weakens the gluten and that helps the crackles to form properly but it needs the baking powder to rise.
- You can roll the dough balls in Confectioner's or granulated sugar before baking BUT I suggest granulated because the sugar dries out the surface of the dough, giving it that thin layer of crispy sugar that we all love.
- If your cinnamon cookies don't crinkle enough at 375F try 325F for a longer period of time and see if you like them better.
- Be sure to remove them from the oven when they are puffed and JUST done if you like chewier cookies.
- Chilling the dough overnight will give you an easier dough to work with.
- Weighing the dough ensures that your cookies are all the same size and they will bake better. I made mine 0.5 ounces - about 1 scant tablespoon.
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