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Cinnamon Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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This easy recipe for cinnamon sugar chocolate chip cookies adds some sweet spice to everyone’s favorite classic cookie. Perfect for the holidays, or any time you want to brighten someone’s day with an unexpected treat!

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If you asked me what my favorite cookie in the whole wide world is, I would not hesitate for even one second.

There are chocolate chip cookies, and then there is everything else, cookie-wise (although my grandma’s molasses cookies are a close second).

So me being me, I am constantly messing around with a chocolate chip cookie recipe to see how many ways I can come up with making my favorites, and that is how this recipe for cinnamon sugar was born.  Ready to spice up your chocolate chippers?  

Whether you are going to a cookie swap or needing a plate of deliciousness for a party, these do pretty much taste like heaven in cookie form.

They are also great for no reason at all.  I like mine with a cup of Irish Breakfast tea, personally.

cup of tea

And speaking of, every once in a while the Southern husband takes me to our local tea room, where they serve cookies and scones and teeny sandwiches and inevitably he is the only guy in the place and there you have Reason # 239,493,201 why I adore him, because he is just fine with that.

Southern husband

Back at the cookies, these start with a standard chocolate chip cookie base, but with cinnamon added to the dough.

ingredients you need to make cinnamon sugar chocolate chip cookies!

  • Flour
  • Baking Soda
  • Cinnamon
  • Butter
  • Brown Sugar
  • Egg
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Chocolate Chips
  • White Sugar

Here’s how to make cinnamon Sugar chocolate chip cookies!

STEP 1: Preheat oven to 375 and line cookie sheets with parchment or a silicone mat.

STEP 2: Whisk together 1 ½ cups of flour, ¾ teaspoon of baking soda and a teaspoon of cinnamon.

STEP 3: Cream 10 tablespoons of room temperature butter and a cup of brown sugar in a mixer on medium high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.

STEP 4: Add an egg and a teaspoon of vanilla to the butter mixture and mix until combined.

STEP 5: Add flour mixture to the  butter mixture and mix until combined.

STEP 6: Stir in chocolate chips.

STEP 7: Mix a half cup of white sugar and two tablespoons cinnamon together. Roll tablespoons of cookie dough into balls and roll in the cinnamon sugar.

STEP 8: Place dough balls 2 inches apart on cookie sheet and bake until set, about 13 minutes.  Cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes and then transfer to rack.

More tips for making cinnamon sugar chocolate chip cookies

I forgot to bring my butter to room temperature! Can I melt it?

Nope, but here’s a good trick: Fill a big mug with hot water, dump it out, and turn it upside down over the butter. Give it about ten minutes and it should be soft enough!

Can I use any size chocolate chips?

You can! I like the regular size, but if you want to use chocolate chunks or mini chocolate chips, you be you!

Can these be made ahead of time?

Yep! They will stay fresh for at least 2-3 days – cover them up tightly.

Have a question that I didn’t answer?

Leave me your question in the comments and I will get back to you pronto!

Please don’t skip that step where you roll the balls of dough in cinnamon sugar before you bake them. That way they have some cinnamon sass on the inside, and a sparkly coating of cinnamon sugar on the outside.  I promise it’s worth it – happy, cinnamon sugar sigh!

Oh, and last but not least, I can’t end this post without telling you about my favorite classic chocolate chip cookie in the whole wide world, and that is my friend David’s perfect perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe.  

He wrote about it in this article for the New York Times, and it remains my inspiration for all things chocolate chip cookie.

And so, let the cookie baking begin!  

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easy cinnamon sugar chocolate chip cookies

Cinnamon Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies


  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 26 minutes
  • Total Time: 41 minutes
  • Yield: About 25 cookies 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegetarian
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This easy recipe for cinnamon sugar chocolate chip cookies adds some sweet spice to everyone’s favorite classic cookie. Perfect for the holidays!


Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 10 tablespoons butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chocolate morsels
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 and line cookie sheets with parchment or a silicone mat.
  2. Whisk together flour, baking soda and cinnamon.
  3. Cream butter and brown sugar in a mixer on medium high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  4. Add egg and vanilla to butter mixture and mix until combined.
  5. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until combined.
  6. Stir in chocolate morsels.
  7. Mix sugar and cinnamon together. Roll tablespoons of cookie dough into balls and roll in the cinnamon sugar.
  8. Place dough balls 2 inches apart on cookie sheet and bake until set, about 13 minutes.Cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes and then transfer to rack.
  9. Bet you can’t eat just one!

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1 cookie16416.9 g43.7 mg7.4 g4.5 g0 g24 g1.2 g1.8 g19.7 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!

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Published on November 25, 2018

Good for: Christmas/Holidays, Mother's Day, Picnic Food, Showers, Valentine's Day

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  1. Theresa Murphy says

    November 25, 2018 at 10:44 am

    Ooohhh yummy! I’m with you on spicing things up a tad! These sound wonderful! My “secret” ingredient in chocolate chip cookies is toffee chips. Looking forward to trying these very soon. Perhaps for the youngest teen daughter’s birthday bash. She will be 16 and has requested red velvet cheesecake as her “cake” since she was 2. We also always have other sweets and snacks on hand. These cookies are going to be there for the party on Dec 2nd because all us December babies deserve cookies on their birthday as well as their cake of choice, wouldn’t you agree? :)

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    • Kate says

      November 26, 2018 at 2:10 pm

      Red velvet cheesecake!! Her mama has raised her up right!! And absolutely yes for us December babies. Happy sweet sixteen to your baby girl!

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Hi, I’m Kate! I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I’m so glad you’re here!

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