Cinnamon Maple Frosted Sugar Cookies

Oct 27

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Cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies are fun to decorate and fun to eat! With a thick, soft maple and cinnamon flavored cookie, and an even thicker layer of frosting, you will want to make these cookies all season long!

What are cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies?

These delicious frosted sugar cookies are modeled after everyone's favorite childhood cookie: Lofthouse cookies!

You know those perfectly round, soft sugar cookies that are topped with colorful frosting and sprinkles at the grocery store bakery? The ones you always begged your mom for but she would never buy (at least in my case)? Those are Lofthouse cookies. They are impossibly soft and cake-like, and usually decorated seasonally.

This homemade version is especially for fall, flavored with maple and cinnamon! They are just as good (if not better) than the store-bought Lofthouse cookies.

You can color the frosting any color you'd like and decorate with fun sprinkles of your choice!

What do I need to make these?

Here's everything you need to make these cookies:

all-purpose flour
cornstarch
baking powder
salt
cinnamon
sugar
brown sugar
unsalted butter- room temperature. You will need butter for both the cookies and the buttercream.
cream cheese- softened to room temperature
maple syrup- preferably pure maple syrup.
maple extract- for a little extra boost of maple flavor.
vanilla extract
egg
powdered sugar
heavy cream
salt

How to make cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies

Here are all the steps involved in making cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies!

Make the dough

First thing's first, make the cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookie dough. The first step is to combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Next, beat together the butter, cream cheese, and sugars until it becomes light and fluffy. Then, add the maple syrup, extracts, and egg and mix. Lastly, add the dry ingredients you combined earlier and mix into the wet until the flour just disappears.

The dough will be pretty soft and sticky, so at this point, flatten it into a disc, wrap it in plastic wrap, and transfer the dough to the fridge. Refrigerate the cookie dough for about 1 hour.

Cut shapes and bake:

After the dough is well chilled, roll it out on a lightly floured surface to about 1/2 inch thick. Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter to cut out the cookie shapes.

If you don't have any round cookie cutters, you can use another shape or the rim of a thin glass- I used the rim of a wine glass to cut my circle shapes for the sugar cookies!

Anyway, place the cut out cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake the cookies at 350ºF.

Cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies don't need to bake for very long. They only need about 10-12 minutes in the oven, so they stay nice and soft! The cookies will be very light in color still and be just set around the edges.

Cinnamon maple frosting:

Now, make the cinnamon maple frosting for the cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies.

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter until it is light and creamy. Now add the powdered sugar and beat again until the mixture is light and fluffy, which should take about three minutes.

Now add the rest of the ingredients: heavy cream, vanilla, maple syrup, and cinnamon. Beat all of the ingredients together in the electric mixer until you get a well-combined, light and fluffy buttercream. At this point, add any food coloring you are planning on using and mix it in.

Use an offset spatula to frost the tops of the cooled sugar cookies.

To get the icing super round like the store-bought Lofthouse cookies, I use a large round piping tip to initially add the frosting to the cookie and make sure they were all evenly frosted. Then I spread the frosting with an offset spatula in a circular motion.

Decorating frosted sugar cookies

I love these cinnamon maple frosted sugar cookies because you can color the frosting any color you like, and decorate with themed sprinkles for any occasion!

The frosting is also beautiful if you don't color it. It's speckled with cinnamon and a beautiful light brown color.

For the halloween version of these cookies, the witch hats are made out of candy melts, and the sparkles/stars are drawn on with royal icing. I also dusted the buttercream on top with edible glitter for an extra witchy vibe!