Turn your favorite breakfast cereal in these Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies! These delicious cookies are super soft that taste just like the cereal! Topped with a rich cream cheese frosting and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal.
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Turn one of your favorite cereals into these cereal cookies! You'll get a wonderful soft center with crispy edges when you bite into these chewy cookies.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Who doesn't love cereal recipes? These fabulous cookies taste a lot like a snickerdoodle cookie. The addition of crushed cereal is a flavor the whole family will love!
These chewy cinnamon sugar cookies go great with a glass of cold milk.
Ingredients You Need
Cookies:
- Shortening: Used in baking to provide a tender texture.
- Brown Sugar: Adds sweetness and moisture to the cookies due to its molasses content.
- Granulated Sugar: Provides sweetness and contributes to the texture and color.
- Eggs: Adds structure, moisture, and helps in binding the ingredients together.
- Vanilla Extract: Enhances the overall flavor.
- Cornstarch: Contributes to the soft and tender texture.
- Salt: Enhances the flavor of other ingredients and balances the sweetness.
- Baking Soda: Reacts with acidic ingredients to leaven the cookies and provide a light texture.
- Baking Powder: Another leavening agent that helps the cookies rise and become fluffy.
- All-Purpose Flour: Provides structure.
- Ground Cinnamon: Adds the warm, sweet, and spicy flavor of cinnamon.
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal: Adds the signature cinnamon flavor and a crunchy texture.
- White Chocolate Chips: Adds sweetness and a creamy texture.
Coating:
- Granulated Sugar: Used to coat the cookie dough balls before baking.
- Ground Cinnamon: Combined with sugar for a coating that adds extra cinnamon flavor and sweetness.
Frosting:
- Cream Cheese: Adds a rich and tangy flavor.
- Butter: Contributes to the creaminess and flavor.
- Powdered Sugar: Sweetens and thickens.
- Vanilla Extract: Enhances the overall flavor.
- Salt: Balances the sweetness.
- Milk: Adjusts the consistency.
Step By Step Photos
Mix together the shortening and sugars.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Combine the flour and cinnamon.
Mix wet and dry ingredients together.
Add white chocolate chips and cereal.
Roll in cinnamon sugar mix and bake.
How To Make Delicious Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies
Step 1. Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350 °F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 2. Mix dough: Cream together shortening, brown sugar, and granulated sugar with an electric mixer. Add eggs, vanilla, cornstarch, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix well. Incorporate all-purpose flour and ground cinnamon until no flour streaks are visible. Fold in Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and white chocolate chips.
Step 3. Coating: Combine granulated sugar and ground cinnamon in a bowl. Form dough balls with a large cookie scoop and roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Step 4. Bake: Place coated dough balls on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 14-16 minutes until the edges of the cookies are golden brown.
Step 5. Cool: Allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Frosting:
Step 1. Mix ingredients: In a bowl, combine softened cream cheese, softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt. Mix until creamy.
Step 2. Adjust consistency: Add 1-2 tablespoons of milk to achieve a creamy consistency.
Step 3. Frost cookies: Frost cooled cookies with the cream cheese frosting. Decorate the top of the cookies with whole pieces of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal.
NOTE: You can print the FULL recipe with all ingredients & detailed instructions below!
Tips
- To crush the cereal, place it in a sealed zip top bag and roll over it with a rolling pin. You can also break down the cereal pieces by placing the cups of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal in a food processor and processing into small pieces.
- Toss some cinnamon chips into the batter for more sweet cinnamon flavor.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies
Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Once baked and cooled, you can freeze the cookies by placing them in a single layer on a baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer them to a freezer-safe container or bag with layers separated by parchment paper. Frozen cookies can be stored for up to 2-3 months.
Yes, you can freeze cookie dough for up to 2-3 months. Shape the dough into balls and freeze them on a baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer the dough balls to a freezer bag or container.
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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies
Ingredients
For Cookies
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Pinch of salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 cups Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
For Coating
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
For Frosting
- ⅓ block cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
For Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat.
- Mix the shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium speed until creamy and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla. Mix for 1 minute. Add cornstarch, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Mix for an additional 1 minute.
- Add the flour and cinnamon and mix until there are no ribbons of flour visible in the dough.
- Add the cereal and mix for 1 minute. Add white chocolate chips and mix for an additional 1 minute.
- Mix the cinnamon and sugar together in a bowl for the coating.
- Use an ice cream scoop to form large dough balls. Place the dough into the cinnamon sugar mixture and roll them until they are completely coated.
- Place on the baking sheet 2” apart. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
For Frosting
- Add cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt to a mixing bowl and begin mixing together.
- Add 1 tablespoon of milk, and continue to mix, until you achieve a creamy consistency. If needed add one additional tablespoon of milk.
- Frost the cookies and decorate with whole pieces of cinnamon toast crunch cereal.
Notes
- To crush the cereal, place it in a sealed zip top bag and roll over it with a rolling pin. You can also break down the cereal pieces by placing the cups of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal in a food processor and processing into small pieces.
- Toss some cinnamon chips into the batter for more sweet cinnamon flavor.
- Storing: Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- Freezing: Once baked and cooled, you can freeze the cookies by placing them in a single layer on a baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer them to a freezer-safe container or bag with layers separated by parchment paper. Frozen cookies can be stored for up to 2-3 months.
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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