These Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookie Bars are so easy and delicious! They are sugar cookie bars with a cinnamon roll twist!
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Course: Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookie Bars, Cookie Bars
Servings: 20cookie bars
Author: Nikki Gladd
Ingredients
For the cookie dough:
10Tablespoonsunsalted butter, at room temperature
⅔cuppacked light brown sugar
⅓cupgranulated sugar
2large eggs
3Tablespoonssour cream
½teaspoonvanilla extract
2 ¼cupsplus 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
2Tablespoonscornstarch
1Tablespoonground cinnamon
1 ½teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
3 ½Tablespoonsinstant nonfat dry milk
For the cream cheese frosting:
6ouncescream cheese, at room temperature
6Tablespoonsunsalted butter, at room temperature
½teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonvanilla extract
2 ½to 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
For the cookie dough:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together the butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in the sour cream and vanilla extract. In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and dry milk. Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until just combined.
Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with Baker's Joy or butter the sides and bottom of the pan. Press the cookie dough evenly into the bottom of the dish. (Spray your hands with nonstick spray to keep the dough from sticking to your hands.) Bake for about 20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
For the cream cheese frosting:
Beat together the cream cheese and butter on medium high speed until light and fluffly. Add the vanilla and mix until blended. Gradually add the powdered sugar while mixing back and forth on low speed when adding the powder, then high speed when blended, until desired consistency is reached. Spread frosting over the cooled cookie layer in the pan. Cut cookies into squares and serve at room temperature.
Recipe Source: Cooking Classy
Notes
The dry milk can be eliminated, but it will alter the taste just a little and not be as rich and milky as you find in cinnamon rolls.