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Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Cookies

Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Cookies

Brown Sugar Pop Tart Cookies are bakery-style stuffed cookies filled with a rich brown sugar cinnamon center and topped with a sweet cinnamon glaze.
With soft, thick texture and nostalgic flavor, they’re the ultimate homemade copycat dessert.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 16 Cookies
Calories: 420
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cookies
  • 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3¾ cups cake flour
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Brown Sugar Filling
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons cake flour
Brown Sugar Glaze
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • 2½ tablespoons milk

Equipment

  • Stand mixer or hand mixer
  • Mixing bowls
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Baking sheets
  • Parchment paper
  • Wire cooling rack

Method
 

  1. Beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together for 2–3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing another 1–2 minutes.
  2. Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually mix into the wet ingredients until combined. Cover and chill the dough for 1 hour.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  4. Mix filling ingredients until smooth. Scoop about 2 teaspoons of filling and roll into small balls.
  5. Scoop ¼ cup of chilled dough, split in half, create a well in one half, place filling inside, top with remaining dough, pinch seams, and roll into a ball.
  6. Place cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake for 11–13 minutes until tops are set and edges lightly golden. Cool on pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
  7. Whisk glaze ingredients until smooth. Spoon glaze over completely cooled cookies and let set for 15 minutes.

Notes

Brown Sugar Pop Tart Cookies are soft, thick, and stuffed with gooey cinnamon filling, topped with a sweet glaze that captures everything you loved about the classic breakfast treat, only better.