This recipe is a cinnamon cookie with a cinnamon crumble and vanilla drizzle on top. My grandma made this recipe years ago and passed it on to my mom who then passed it on to me. This recipe is special to me because it is one of my favorite cookie recipes to make and eat. I enjoy baking and this cookie is easy and fast to make, with the most time-consuming part being putting the cinnamon crumble on top. This is my go-to recipe whenever I feel a little down or want to have a nice warm cookie because it is a little more complex than a chocolate chip cookie but still super simple to make, hopefully, you can enjoy this recipe for the same reasons.

This recipe has three different parts: the dough, the cinnamon crumble, and the vanilla drizzle.

Dough:

½ Cup softened butter

 ½ Cup vegetable oil

1 Cup brown sugar 

1 Egg 

1 Teaspoon vanilla 

2 Teaspoons cinnamon 

½ Teaspoon baking soda 

½ Teaspoon baking powder 

½ Teaspoon salt 

2 ½ Cups flour

Cinnamon Crumble:

¼ Cup softened butter

¼ Cup brown sugar

⅓ Cup flour 

½ Teaspoon cinnamon

¼ Cup brown sugar 

Icing:

You can make as much icing as you want, I tend to double the usual ingredients used for more glaze.

For every ½ cup of powdered sugar add 1 Tablespoon of milk (or water if you don’t have milk) and mix thoroughly.

If you want to get super fancy you can add in about ½ Teaspoon of vanilla at the same time you add in the milk.

Instructions:

1. Add the melted butter, vegetable oil, and brown sugar into a mixing bowl and mix until fully combined (sugar should still be grainy).
2. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until the egg is just incorporated (DO NOT OVERMIX THE EGG, the cookie will get too cakey if you do)
3. Combine the cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and flour in a different bowl, and then, combine that mixture with the wet ingredients. (If you want to use the other bowl you can, but to make fewer dishes I always just add all of the dry 
4. Make the cinnamon crumble and set everything aside.
5. Mix the ingredients to the top of the wet ingredients until fully combined.)
6. Roll your dough into balls and place them on a prepared baking sheet. (The balls can be any size you like; I usually use an ice cream scooper to measure the size of mine.)
7. Flatten the cookies slightly, and then add the cinnamon crumble to the middle of the cookie dough.
8. Put in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for around 10 minutes (can be more based on the size of your dough balls) or until the edges of the dough are slightly golden.
9. While they are baking make the glaze
10. After they come out of the oven, wait 5 minutes and then drizzle the icing on top of the cookies.
11. Wait around 10 minutes after putting on the icing and then enjoy!

Tips:

1. Take a spoon or a rounded tablespoon to flatten the cookies in the middle, it helps with them spreading more evenly.
2. Mix the cinnamon crumble with a fork, if you do it with your fingers the butter melts and everything gets messier.
3. Mix the icing with a whisk so that you get less powdered sugar clumps in the finished product. The more powdered sugar clumps there are the more the cookies will taste like straight powdered sugar.