Brown Sugar Pop Tart Cookies
Servings 18 cookies
Soft Brown Sugar Cookies are stuffed with a Pop Tart Bite and topped with a sweet brown sugar icing!
Ingredients
Dough
- 3⅔ cups bread flour (or 500g)
- 1 (3.3oz.) box instant vanilla pudding mix (93g)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder (12g)
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1¼ teaspoons salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter (226g) room temperature
- 1½ cups light brown sugar (315g) packed
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Icing
- 4 tablespoons salted butter (55g)
- ½ cup light brown sugar (105g) packed
- 1 cup powdered sugar (125g)
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Filling & Garnish
- 36 Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Bites there are about 6 bites in 1 bag
Instructions
Dough
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two 12x17-inch baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the 3⅔ cups bread flour, 1 (3.3oz.) box instant vanilla pudding mix, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, and 1¼ teaspoons salt. Set aside.3⅔ cups bread flour, 1 (3.3oz.) box instant vanilla pudding mix, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1¼ teaspoons salt
- In a separate large bowl or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together 1 cup unsalted butter and 1½ cups light brown sugar for 1 minute until smooth.1 cup unsalted butter, 1½ cups light brown sugar
- Add 3 large eggs one at a time, mixing after each just until incorporated.3 large eggs
- Add 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract and mix for 2 minutes until light and fluffy (it will resemble buttercream frosting), scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- With the mixer running on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients a little at a time to the wet ingredients until fully incorporated. The dough should come together in a play-doh texture and not be sticky.
- Immediately, measure the dough into 2.5-ounce (71g) portions of dough, using a kitchen scale for best results.
- Make a well in the cookie dough and gently press 1 of the 36 Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Bites into the center of each portion of cookie dough. Then work the dough up around the pop-tart and seal it. Gently rolling between your palms to smooth and round out the edges. Reserve 18 pop-tart bites for topping the cookies with.
- Add 9 cookies to each pan with 2 inches of space between them. Bake one sheet at a time.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Icing
- Once the cookies cool, prepare the icing. In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, melt 4 tablespoons salted butter and ½ cup light brown sugar and bring to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup powdered sugar, ¼ cup heavy cream, and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth. Let sit for 4 to 5 minutes to thicken a bit (but no longer as it will thicken too much).
- Spoon 1 tablespoon of the icing over the top of each cookie. Immediately press 1 of the pop-tart bites onto the top to be secured by the icing. I recommend working in batches of 3 for icing and topping so you don't risk the icing hardening before the pop-tart is added.
Notes
- It is best to go by the gram measurements in this recipe. During testing, we measured both ways for each batch to ensure that the measurements were correct both ways, but grams will be the most accurate. If you are going to use measuring cups, make sure you are measuring your flour correctly.
- All-purpose flour may be used instead of bread flour, but we found the bread flour yielded a slightly softer cookie.
- Using two baking sheets is important because you don't want to put the cookie dough down on a hot pan.
Nutrition
Calories: 284kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 290mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 349IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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