Cinnamon Toffee Cookies

It’s been a weird week, but I realized that I didn’t have any cookies ready to post this week! One of the great relaxations in my life is baking, and even when the week is weird, I have a great drive to bake! I knew that I wouldn’t want to make a very big batch, since I didn’t have a place to take them. I also needed to find a recipe that did not require a trip to the store, since that wasn’t in the cards.

This recipe fits the bill, well, for the most part. The original recipe called for toffee bits with chocolate. I’m not really sure why, as there is no other chocolate in this recipe. I use chocolate and non-chocolate toffee chips interchangeably.  I had non-chocolate toffee bits, so I used those. Also, I thought that a cinnamon toffee cookie that didn’t contain cinnamon chips was just wrong. I decided to add those.

This dough is easy to make, and I am glad that I changed the recipe slightly to add the cinnamon chips. I started baking these at the requested 8 minutes, but they were nowhere near fully baked, so I added more time. I found that 11 minutes worked for me, but every oven is different. When I topped the hot cookies with toffee bits, they went everywhere! Pressing the toffee bits into the top of the cookies made an indentation and that helped so much. These have a great buttery cinnamon sugar flavor, and the extra toffee bits on top add an extra crunch.

Cinnamon Toffee Cookies
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
½ cup cinnamon chips
¾ cup toffee bits
Toffee bits plus more for topping

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats.  

In a large mixer bowl, combine the butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Beat on medium until creamy. With the mixer running on low, gradually add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. When the dough is almost completely together, stir in the cinnamon chips and toffee bits.

 Shape the dough into 1-1/4” balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 9-12 minutes, until the cookies are lightly browned. As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, press additional toffee bits into the tops of cookies. Allow the cookies to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe from I Dig Pinterest