Sugar Cookie Cinnamon Roll Cookies as per Judys' Foodies!

                                                                         

SWEET! A sugar cookie that thinks it is a cinnamon roll! Delicious & these store nicely for your holiday or special occasions! The idea is not mine I saw it from Pillsbury but why buy dough when you have a great sugar cookie recipe. You will love this cookie if you love cinnamon rolls! ENJOY!

Dough:

6 Cups Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1 Cup Butter Softened

2 Cups Sugar

3 Large Eggs

2 tsp Vanilla

1 & 1/2 Cup Plain Yogurt or Sour Cream

Stir all the dry ingredients together & set aside. Beat Butter, add sugar & beat again. Now add the eggs & vanilla & beat again. Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients & beat. Now add 1/3 of the yogurt or sour cream. Add another 1/3 of the flour, beat then repeat with yogurt, until all is combined nicely. You will have to finish stirring this dough by hand with a heavy spoon. Now chill well, at least 2 hours, overnight would be even better. Now to bake:

Have parchment paper, 12 TBS of melted butter, granulated sugar or light brown sugar, I used granulated, & lots of cinnamon I think I went through 1/3 cup of cinnamon, & have flour to dust the parchment & the dough handy. On your flat surface place 1 large piece of parchment & dust liberally with flour. Get a nice blob of dough about 2 cups of dough & roll out with your rolling pin to a rectangle of approximately 7 inched by 16 inches. Cover with melted butter using a pastry brush or pour on by tablespoonfuls & smear out to cover the dough. Now sprinkle about 4 heaping tablespoons of sugar across the buttered dough & then be generous with the sprinkle of cinnamon. Cover the entire surface. Now roll up the dough from the 16 inch side so you get a log of about 16 inches. Cut like you would for cinnamon rolls. Place each one cut side down on a parchment covered cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 13 minutes. Check the bottoms for a light brown bottom. Let cookies cool & the drizzle with a generous drizzle of vanilla frosting. I used this cream cheese frosting!

FROSTING: 

8 OZ softened Cream Cheese

8 OZ Softened Butter

Dash of Salt

2 tsp Vanilla 

Confectioners Sugar about 4 heaping cups

1/2 & 1/2 Cream enough to get the desired frosting you want for the drizzle, I like mine thick so I used about 1/4 cup,

Beat the cream cheese & butter together, I just used a whisk my butter was all but melted & the cream cheese was very soft, I used the microwave to soften it.  Whisk or beat in the vanilla & salt. Now whisk or beat in the sugar. Add enough of the cream to where you are happy! Drizzle or dollop over cooled cookies. Let cookies sit until frosting hardens. The store in an air tight container with layer of wax paper between the layers. This makes 6 dozen incredible sugar cookies that really do believe they are cinnamon rolls!