These Cinnamon Meltaway Cookies literally melt in your mouth. Buttery, soft and cozy with a touch of warm cinnamon flavor. Perfect for your holiday cookie platter or any time you need a sweet treat.
Reasons You’ll Love These Cinnamon Meltaway Cookies
There’s a lot of things to love about these Cinnamon Meltaway Cookies, but one thing stands out. Just like the name says, these cookies will absolutely melt in your mouth.
- Easy to make: A simple cookie recipe that’s easy to make for anyone, this is a great cookie recipe for the kids!
- Warm cinnamon flavor: We added a touch of cinnamon to these cookies to give them a warm flavor that’s perfect for the holidays!
- Versatile: You can leave the cinnamon out, or add any other flavoring you like.
Ingredients You’ll Need
Just a few pantry ingredients that you likely have on hand is all you need to get these meltaway cookies into the oven.
- Butter: Room temperature butter, we prefer salted but you can use unsalted if you prefer.
- Sugar: Regular white sugar.
- Egg: One large egg, preferably at room temperature but not imperative if you forgot.
- Cinnamon: Ground cinnamon for the cookie dough and the icing.
- Salt: Just a hint of salt to balance out the sweet flavors.
- Flour: All purpose flour.
- Baking powder: To help the cookies rise and give them a soft texture.
- Vanilla extract: Vanilla extract works together well with the warm cinnamon flavor.
How To Make
We’ve included step by step photos here, but for complete instructions scroll to the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Cream the butter and sugar: Add the softened butter and sugar to a large bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
- Mix dry ingredients: Add the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon to another bowl and whisk together to combine.
- Combine flour mixture with butter mixture: Add the flour mixture in batches to the butter mixture, beating to combine after each addition until a dough forms.
- Form into balls and bake: Roll the dough into balls a little smaller than a golf ball (about 2 tablespoons) and place onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten the cookies slightly with two fingers, or you can use the bottom on a glass. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes, remove from the oven and let cool.
- Make the icing: Add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and milk to a bowl. Whisk until combined. Ice the cookies and dust with more cinnamon if desired.
Can You Freeze Meltaway Cookies?
Yes, these cinnamon meltaway cookies freeze perfectly. Place them in a single layer in a freezer bag until frozen, then they can be stacked. Remove as many cookies as you need and let defrost at room temperature. They’ll taste just as good as when they were first baked!
You can also form the dough into balls and freeze before baking. Then place the balls of dough onto a baking sheet and let thaw just enough so you can flatten them a bit. Bake at 350 degrees, adding a minute or two onto the cooking time.
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Cinnamon Meltaway Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 3 dozen 1x
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Pin RecipeThese Cinnamon Meltaway Cookies literally melt in your mouth! Sweet, soft and cozy with a touch of warm cinnamon flavor. Perfect for your holiday cookie platter or any time you need a sweet treat.
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For the icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
- Add the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt to another bowl and whisk together to combine.
- Add the flour mixture in batches to the butter mixture, beating to combine after each addition until a dough forms.
- Roll the dough into balls a little smaller than a golf ball (about 2 tablespoons) and place onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten the cookies slightly with two fingers, or you can use the bottom on a glass. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes, remove from the oven and transfer to a rack and let cool.
- Add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and milk to a bowl. Whisk until combined. Ice the cookies (once they are cooled) and dust with more cinnamon if desired.
Recipe Notes
Store: Once the icing has set, store the cookies in an air tight container for up to 5 days.
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
