Cookie dough rolls, they are delicious, fun and perfectly sweet. These homemade treats are filled with a creamy cookie dough filling and topped with a cream cheese icing. Imagine sinking your teeth into a fluffy and tender cookie dough roll.

The cookie dough is made with brown butter, a combination of granulated sugar and brown sugar, flour and egg. We bake the rolls with some heavy cream on top to make them extra fluffy and they come out absolutely perfect.

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1)whats a cookie dough roll?

2)list of ingredients

3)brown butter

4)tips

5)how to make it

6)process

7)more recipes

8)full recipe

9)printable recipe

whats a cookie dough roll

Cookie dough rolls are a variation of the traditional cinnamon roll that omits the use of cinnamon in the filling and instead we use this delicious and homemade cookie dough recipe. The dough is made with simple ingredients such as water, milk, egg, butter, yeast, sugar and flour.

The filling for the cookie dough rolls are made with brown butter, sugars, egg and flour and then this filling is spread onto the dough before rolling it up. They are baked until golden brown resulting in a delicious treat topped with a cream cheese icing.

Ingredients

Cookie dough and icing

Brown butter
granulated sugar
brown sugar
egg
All purpose flour

Cream cheese
powdered sugar

Ingredients

Dough

water
active dry yeast
granulated sugar
egg
milk
butter
all purpose flour

Brown butter

Brown butter is a versatile ingredients that adds a rich and nutty flavor to dishes. It is made by melting butter over low heat until the milk solids in the butter begin to brown giving it a deep amber color and a fragrant aroma.

THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE BROWN BUTTER

1)Place the butter in a light colored sauce pan over medium low heat and allow it to melt.

2)Stir the butter occasionally to ensure even heating.

3) you will begin to see the butter changing color to a golden brown tone, remove from the stove.

Tips

– when you roll out the dough make sure you roll it tightly to create well defined layers.

– cut the rolls using dental floss

– before baking add a tablespoon of heavy cream to each of the cookie dough rolls.

– don’t over bake them!

how to make it

We need to separate this recipe in three parts.

Dough
cookie dough
icing

we start by making our yeast mixture and then we go ahead and add the rest of dough ingredients. Make sure to knead the dough for enough time about 15 minutes and then you can leave it resting in a warm environment for about 1h and 30 minutes.

While we wait we can make the cookie dough, we then roll out the dough and spread the cookie dough inside, roll the dough tightly and cut. They need to rest for 30 more minutes and then they can go in the oven.

we can start by making the icing, work the cream cheese with a spatula or in a stand mixer and then add the powdered sugar.

(this is not the step by step recipe. This will help you know what important steps we are gonna be following to make the cookie dough rolls)

Process

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Recipe in cups and grams. You can find the cup measurements in the printable recipe scrolling down at the end.

Ingredients

dough

sponge

50 grams warm water
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 tablespoon granulated sugar

dough

1 egg
50 grams warm milk
30 grams soft butter
260 grams all purpose flour
60 grams granulated sugar

cookie dough

70 grams brown butter
20 grams granulated sugar
35 grams brown sugar
1/2 egg
70 grams all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon milk powder (optional)

icing

75 grams cream cheese or mascarpone cheese
40 grams powdered sugar

5 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Step by step

Dough

1)First step, sponge

We start by making the sponge or yeast mixture. In a clean and dry bowl pour in warm water, granulated sugar and active dry yeast. Give it a good mix until the sugar and yeast are dissolved, cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel nd allow it to rest for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes you will see how we have a foamy mixture and that’s when its ready to use.

ingredients and kneading

2)Second step, ingredients

Sift flour using a sieve and pour it in the same bowl where we have the yeast. Add the granulated sugar, egg, soft butter and milk.

Knead the dough using the Dough hook attachment on medium low speed for about 15 minutes. Allow it to proof in a clean and dry bowl for 1h and 30 minutes in a warm environment until it has doubled in size. (I leave it proofing in a proofing machine set at 30 C or 86 F covered with plastic wrap).

cookie dough

3)Third step, sugars with butter

To make the cookie dough we start by making brown butter (already explained in this page the step by step on how to make brown butter, you can take a look at our index).

In a clean and dry bowl add granulated sugar and brown sugar and then add the butter. Mix the ingredients with a whisk for about 4 minutes.

4)Forth step, egg

Add the egg and milk powder (if you have it) and mix using a whisk again.

5)Fifth step, flour

Add the flour to the rest of ingredients and mix using a spatula, the texture should be sticky but not liquid. Feel free to add more flour if it’s to runny for you.

cookie dough rolls

6)Sixth step, Rolls

After 1h and 30 minutes the dough should be ready to use. Dust flour in a clean and dry working surface and roll out the dough using a rolling pin. Spread the cookie dough all over the dough evenly.

7)Seventh step, dough

Roll the dough tightly and then cut using non scented floss for a cleaner cut, you could also use a knife for this if you don’t have dental floss.

proof

8)Eight step, 30 more minutes

We are using our square sized Nordic ware pan for this recipe lined with parchment paper. Place the rolls with enough distance between them, cover them with plastic wrap and proof for 30 more minutes in a warm environment.

Pour about a tablespoon of heavy cream on each roll and bake in a preheated oven oven at 160 C or 352 F for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

icing

9)Ninth step, icing

In a bowl work the mascarpone cheese or cream cheese until its soft using an spatula. Add the powdered sugar and mix until there’s no sugar lumps. Add on top of the rolls and eat warm..