Best Cinnamon Roll Cookie Recipe

Instructions

• Make the Dough-
• Stick the Flour, Sugar and Butter in a food processor, pulse a few times until it looks like sand.
• Add the Maple Syrup, let the processor run until it comes together as a dough.
• Cut the dough in half... wrap each half in plastic wrap... flatten to a disc - this will make it easier to roll later.
• Stick the dough in the refrigerator for an hour (or freezer for 15 minutes)
• While it's chilling... make the Filling
• Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together
• Put the egg white in a small bowl, beat it a bit to break up the eggy strands
• Take the one of the Dough rounds from the fridge, lay it on the counter or table on a big piece of plastic wrap, cover with another (trust me, the plastic wrap makes it easier to roll out, and then wrap up later), and roll to a 10 by 15 inch rectangle (no, you don't need to get a ruler... just eyeball it)
• Trim the edges up a bit... add the bits to the ends.... roll flat... about 1/4 inch thick
• Using a pastry brush, brush the egg white lightly on the dough. This helps the roll stick together (yes, I've tried leaving it out... it makes a mess... bits fall off, so just use it.)
• Sprinkle half of the brown sugar/cinnamon mix on the rectangle. Spread it evenly to the edges.
• Roll the dough up from the short end. Use the plastic wrap to help you roll it, and keep it tight.
• When it's all rolled up, wrap in plastic wrap, and put it in the fridge again for an hour (or freezer for 15 min)
• (yes... it's a lot of steps, but these are really good cookies, so plug away)
• Repeat with other disk
• Now..go read a magazine...
• preheat your oven to 325 degrees F
• Cover 2 baking sheets with Parchment Paper
• Take your roll out of the fridge... slice (with a sharp knife) into 1/4 inch slices.
• Lay the slices on the parchment paper
• Use a pastry Brush to brush the cookies with Maple Syrup
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.. you want light brown... go 20 if you want a crisper cookie ( my friend loves them that way... she's a dunker though)
• Take them out of the oven,and put the parchment onto a cooling rack
• When cool...
• Mix the Powdered Sugar and Milk to make Icing...you want the consistency of Elmer's Glue
• Put the icing into a baggie, clip the corner, and drizzle the icing on the cookies.... you can do a Jackson Pollack painting if you want... I tend to go in one direction.
• Let it set
• NOW EAT