Honey Bun Cinnamon Cookies

Ingredients

• Powdered sugars

  1 ½ cup sifted or 150g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  1 cup or 227g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Baking powder

  Leavening agents, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate

  ½ tsp or 2g

• Vanilla extract

  2 tsp or 8g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 large or 50g

• Wheat flour

  White, cake, enriched

  2 ½ cup unsifted, dipped or 343g

• Margarine

  6 tablespoon or 84g

• Brown sugar

  ¼ cup packed or 55g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  3 tbsp or 23g

• Honey

  1 tbsp or 21g

• Cinnamon

  Spices, ground

  1 tbsp or 8g

• Nutmeg

  Spices, ground

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Honey

  2 tbsp or 42g

• Whole milk

  3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Vanilla extract

  1 tsp or 4g

• Powdered sugars

  ½ cup sifted or 50g

Directions

1. Make the cookie dough. Combine the powdered sugar, butter, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl. With a hand mixer, start mixing on low speed and slowly increase the speed to medium until the butter looks creamy and starts to cling to the sides of the bowl (about 2 minutes).
2. Add the vanilla and beat on medium speed until incorporated. Add the egg and beat until Incorporated. Add the flour and mix on low speed, then slowly increase to medium speed until the flour is incorporated and a dough forms. The dough will be soft.
3. Scrape the dough out onto a clean, floured surface and shape into a ball. Flatten into a circle and then square off the edges. Roll out the dough into 13 x 14-inch rectangle with a long side facing you (you will need to occasionally add more flour to the top and bottom of the dough so it doesn't stick)
4. Make the cinnamon filling.In another bowl (or you can use the same bowl if you like), combine the butter, brown sugar, flour, honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Beat together until the filling is uniform in color, fluffy, and light, about 2 minutes. Scrape the filling out onto the rolled-out dough and spread to cover the entire surface (you may need to use your fingers for this, as the filling will need to be spread thinly). Tightly roll up the dough starting from the bottom edge (you may need to use a little more flour here again so the dough does not stick). Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and freeze for 1 hour.
5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
6. Remove the dough from the freezer and unwrap. Carefully slice 1/4-inch-thick cookie disks from the rolled log, slicing straight down (do not saw back and forth). Place on the baking sheets, spacing the cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart.
7. Bake until the edges of the cookies start to turn golden brown (12 to 14 minutes). Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.
8. Make the glaze. Combine the honey, milk, vanilla and 1/2 cup powdered sugar in a bowl and stir together. If the glaze looks too thin, add more powdered sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, until it has thickened to the right consistency. Brush the glaze onto the cooled cookies with a pastry brush. Once glaze has settled, you can dust the cookies lightly with more ground cinnamon (optional).
9. Recipe by: The Mediterranean Dish (source: https://www.themediterraneandish.com/cinnamon-cookies-recipe/)

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