I am so excited about this recipe!!!
To me, fall means adding all of the spices to baking. Meaning nutmeg, cloves, all spice, ginger, and best of all: CINNAMON!
I want to top everything with cinnamon sugar. Really. It’s bad.
This month, I was assigned Elizabeth’s blog Food Ramblings as part of the Secret Recipe Club. Which was super exciting, because I have been following Elizabeth’s blog for a while, and have been meaning to make one of her delicious looking recipes for a while now. In fact, I joined the Secret Recipe Club because of her!
So when I saw these cinnamon squares, I immediately wanted to make them. All my baking attempts have been dismal so far. One that Elizabeth described as finger licking good (okay, I am paraphrasing a little).
These cinnamon squares have everything I love in a dessert. Soft and gooey inside. A sturdy crust on the bottom. And some cinnamon sugar dusted on top to make them the perfect treat to go along with your cup of tea.
Having to start another long week is made 10x better with the fact that I am bringing 4 of these bars along with me to work. Scarfing these gooey cinnamon squares down on a Monday morning should be a requirement. This is what I call starting the week off on the right foot.
And if you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Gooey Cinnamon Squares
Ingredients
Cookie Base
- 1/2 cup salted butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup milk of choice
Gooey Layer
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/4 cup milk of choice
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 18 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Topping
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line a 9×13 inch casserole dish with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cookie base ingredients until fully combined. Press the cookie base in the casserole dish with a spatula.
- In a large bowl (you can reuse the same one), mix together the gooey layer ingredients until fully combined. Pour onto the cookie layer.
- In a small bowl, mix together the topping ingredients. Sprinkle over top the batter.
- Place in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. Allow to cool, then cut into squares.
I love cinnamon and these look like serious perfection!
Sues
These look delicious — like a big Snickerdoodle square!
Your bars look absolutely wonderful!
Cinnamon sugar.. yummy! I would love these bars too 🙂
Delicious- buttery and cinnamon sugary- the best!
You totally had me at Gooey! These look fantastic! Cinnamon sugar anything rocks, but in a buttery, soft bar? Yatzi! So Delicious! Cheers, dear!
Can't go wrong with gooey! And cinnamon. These look so good.
This looks super good. I love snickerdoodle cookies and these look too good to have in the house. Just stopping in from group C to say great job.
Those look really yummy. I love gooey squares like that.
Wow, what's not to like?! These look amazing, and unique! Bet they'd be good for an alternative dessert to pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving.
Hi Cathleen, this cinnamon square look delicious. I presume its very addictive. I love anything cinnamon, thanks for sharing.
Have a nice day, regards.
Amelia
I cannot resist anything with a gooey center like this!
Cinnamon might be my favorite spice. Actually like it a lot in savory things, but in sweet things it's irresistible. Speaking of which, these are totally irresistible. Really good stuff — thanks.
Oh.my.word they sound seriously goooood!!!
I am excited by this recipe too! These cinnamon squares would be a HUGE hit in my house.
These look TOO darn good! Thank you so so much for sharing! I brought in a monster of a spice cake in with me to work yesterday 😛 Went down a treat, cinnamon is badass 😀 x
these look so good that I would not mind a few for my morning tea 🙂
wow, these almost look like custard….and they're making my mouth water and crave a cup of tea!
I love how crisp cinnamon sugar gets when baked.
Wow,another tasty recipe I’m sure to be trying over this Winter!
I hope you do! It is a winner!