
Ingredients
COOKIES
- 226g unsalted butter or hard margarine
- 70g caster sugar
- 70g light brown sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 280g gluten free plain flour
- 2 teaspoons cornflour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
FILLING
- 70g light brown sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons melted unsalted butter
ICING
- 125g icing sugar
- 4-6 teaspoons milk
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
COOKIES
- Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl and use an electric mixer (or stand mixer) to beat until creamy and well-combined. You can also do this with a fork but it will take longer.
- Stir in egg yolk and vanilla extract.
- In a separate, medium-sized bowl whisk together your flour, cornstarch, xanthan gum and salt. Xathan gum helps replace the gluten missing in the dough and stops it from falling apart.
- Gradually, with mixer on low-speed, combine dry ingredients into wet.
- Form dough into a disk and wrap in cling-film. Chill in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
FILLING/ASSEMBLY
- Mix your melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together until it forms a think paste. Set aside. This paste will help keep everything stuck together easier.
- Once dough has chilled, transfer to a clean, lightly floured surface and roll into 12×10 rectangle (dough should be just over ⅛” thick).
- Spread this out over the dough until it is all covered.
- Starting with the longer edge, carefully and tightly roll dough into a log. Once you get to the end, pinch the dough to make a seam. Wrap in wax paper and transfer to freezer and freeze for 15 minutes.
- While dough is chilling, preheat oven to 190C and line several cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Once dough has chilled and oven has preheated, remove from freezer and use a sharp knife to cut log into slices that are just shy of ¼” thick.
- Carefully transfer slices to prepared cookie sheet, spacing 2” apart.
- Bake on 190C for 10-12 minutes or until edges of cookies are just beginning to turn a light golden brown. They can also be air fried, but it will take longer and the temperature of the air fryer will need to be lower to prevent burning.
- Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet.
- If desired, drizzle cookies with glaze once cooled.
ICING
- Whisk together icing sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Start with just 4 teaspoons of milk and add just a small splash more as needed until proper consistency is reached. It should be a similar consistency to glace icing.
- Drizzle this over the cookies with whatever was used to whisk them, or a spoon if you are being fancy.
- Allow the icing to set and enjoy!