Easy Cinnamon Cream Cheese Palmier Recipe

Palmier Recipe, puff pastry, sweetened cream cheese, and cinnamon sugar baked to golden brown deliciousness!

Palmier Recipe is a classic French cookie, they are light, airy and crunchy! I did a twist on them by adding cream cheese and cinnamon sugar, wow!

These are some of the easier cookies I have ever made. Simple ingredients, too! All you have to do is purchase store-bought puff pastry, slather it with cream cheese, sprinkle with some cinnamon sugar, roll them up, cut and bake!

How much easier can you get than that? Lately I’ve been digging easier recipes because we’ve been so busy and these cookies fit that bill more than a little bit.

Plus, don’t they just look so pretty and elegant?! That might be the best part. They look hard but believe me these Palmier Cookies couldn’t get any easier!

Yes, I consider these Palmier Cookies a Christmas cookie, for some reason cinnamon in general screams holiday to me. But, you could definitely make these all year round they are that good!

They kind of remind me of a crunchy cinnamon roll, and I’m in love with anything cinnamon roll or cinnamon in general, so whats not to love about these palmiers cookies?

You really  just can’t go wrong with anything cinnamon flavored in my opinion. It is such a good spice that makes a lot of baked goods so much better. This Palmier Recipe is no exception!

1. With only 4 ingredients they whip up in a flash.
2. You can easily double this recipe to serve more at parties or cookie exchanges.
3. You can make your own puff pastry dough or use store bought.

 

• Puff pastry, thawed
• Cream cheese, softened
• Powdered sugar
• Unsalted butter, melted
• Granulated sugar
• Ground cinnamon

1. In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and butter. You can do this with a hand mixer, but I just use a fork to cut the cream cheese in and it will be smooth after stirring.
2. Lay out the puff pastry, spread the cream cheese mixture over the entire sheet evenly. Mix together the granulated sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle half of this over the cream cheese.
3. On one end of the pastry sheet, start tightly rolling to form a log and stop when you get to the center of the sheet. Repeat on the other side, so the two rolls meet together in the middle. Cover, place in the fridge for 15 minutes to get nice and cold, making it easier to cut.
4. While dough is chilling, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Cut cookies into about 1/2 inch slices. If they end up unrolling a little, that’s fine just roll them back up. Dip each side into the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture.
5. Place on lined baking sheets about 3 inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes until slightly golden brown. Do not overbake, the bottoms might burn from the sugar.
6. Place sheet trays on a wired rack for about 5 minutes to cool slightly. Transfer cookies directly on to a wired rack to cool completely.

See how easy that is? I mean you cannot NOT make these cookies! We make them every Christmas and give them as gifts because everyone loves them.

They are just the simplest little cookie that you really can’t screw up and is perfect for the beginning baker because there is not a lot of steps.

TOOLS USED FOR THIS RECIPE

• A bread knife makes cutting these cookies the easiest.
• Baking sheet to bake the cookies.
• Parchment paper to line the baking sheet.
• Wired rack to cool.

ANY ADDITIONS?

No need for culinary school when you’ve got a palmiers recipe like this one, haha!

• Sprinkle brown sugar over the puff pastry sheet for a deeper, caramelized crunchy texture.
• Add chopped nuts to the cinnamon palmiers for a nutty crunch on the sugared surface.
• Mix white chocolate chips into the cream cheese mixture for a melty surprise in these flaky cookies.
• Dust extra cinnamon on the top of the dough for a bolder classic French pastry flavor.
• Spread a thin layer of fruit jam before rolling for a sweet twist in your palmier cookies.
• Garnish with a sprinkle of coarse sugar for a sparkly impressive appearance on the flaky layers.
• Add a pinch of nutmeg to the cup of the cinnamon-sugar mixture for a warm, cozy kick.
• Drizzle melted white chocolate over the crisp cookies for a fancy French pastries look.
• Include lemon zest in the cream cheese filling for a zesty note in these airy cookies.
• Top with crushed toffee bits for an extra crunchy texture on your favorite cookies.

ANY SUBSTITUTIONS?

Just imagine pulling these out of the oven for the first time, setting them on the wire rack. Oh, the aroma!

• Use white sugar instead of granulated sugar in the cinnamon-sugar mixture for a similar sugared surface.
• Swap unsalted butter with melted margarine in the cream cheese mixture for a buttery puff pastry vibe.
• Replace all-purpose flour with cake flour in the filling for a softer delicate layers texture.
• Use store-bought puff pastry from brands like Pepperidge Farm instead of homemade rough puff pastry.
• Substitute vanilla extract with almond extract for a nutty twist in the palmier cookie recipe.
• Swap powdered sugar with honey in the cream cheese mixture for a natural sweetness in these French hearts.

ROOM TEMPERATURE: Since these Palmier Cookies contain cream cheese they need to be stored in the refrigerator.

REFRIGERATOR: I recommend placing in a ziptop bag and storing, they should be good for 1-2 days.

Although I doo recommend eating the Palmiers the day that they are baked as they are the freshest at that point.

FREEZER: You can freeze these cookies as well. To freeze before baking make them up and then place them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet until frozen, then transfer to a freezer bag. These will keep for about 1 month.

You can bake directly from the freezer without having to defrost these cookies, the cook time right just be a little longer so just keep an eye on it while baking.

I don’t recommend freezing after baking as you’ll have to recrisp these up and they might burn.

If you are looking for the perfectly easy and delicious cookie recipe then you need to make these Palmier Cookies.

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