Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Cookies

Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Cookies

from sugarspunrun.com
94 min
12 servings

These buttery brown sugar cinnamon pop tart cookies will blow your mind! They taste like a gourmet version of the beloved breakfast treat (but SO much better!). Recipe includes a how-to video!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter (softened (226g))
  • 1 cup granulated sugar (200g)
  • ½ cup light brown sugar (firmly packed (100g))
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature preferred)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 cups cake flour (450g)
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 5 Tablespoons unsalted butter (softened (70g))
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar (firmly packed (150g))
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour (24g)
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon table salt
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons dark brown sugar (firmly packed (may substitute light brown sugar) (38g))
  • 1-2 Tablespoons milk
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons light corn syrup
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. 1

    Combine butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl and use an electric mixer (or stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment) to beat until light, fluffy, and well-creamed).

  2. 2

    In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, and vanilla and stir or beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.

  3. 3

    Remove chilled cookie dough from the refrigerator and scoop by ¼ cup (3 oz/85g). Break the scoop in half and form one half into a nest. Firmly scoop a Tablespoon of the brown sugar filling and scoop into the nest you just made in the center of the cookie dough. Take the other half of the cookie dough, likewise form it into a flattened nest shape and form it around the top of the filling to seal the filling inside in the center (I show how to do this in the video). Make sure the filling is completely concealed and centered. Repeat until all cookie dough and filling is used.

  4. 4

    In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon of milk, corn syrup, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Whisk until smooth, adding additional milk as needed until mixture is smooth and ribbons off the whisk (the ribbon that falls should hold its shape for several seconds before dissolving back into the bowl, any thinner and it will take painfully long for your icing to set on the cookies!).