Featuring Golden Oreo, this easy copycat recipe for Vanilla Crumb Cake Crumbl Cookies is just like the real thing!
I’ve cracked the code on yet another Crumbl Cookie recipe! This Crumbl Cookie copycat recipe for Vanilla Crumb Cake ft. Golden Oreo is exactly like what you’d get at the store, and a perfect recreation of one of my favorite new Crumble cookies.
These are giant, thick sugar cookies with Golden Oreo pieces right in the dough, topped with a luscious vanilla cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with even more Golden Oreo pieces!
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Crumbl Vanilla Crumb Cake Recipe Highlights
- Big, Thick Vanilla Sugar Cookies – This recipe makes only 12 cookies, because each of them is so big and thick. The texture of these cookies is chewy and delightfully dense, and you can decide whether or not you will share yours or eat the whole thing yourself!
- With Golden Oreos – These vanilla sandwich cookies add so much delicious flavor and texture to these crumb cake cookies. It might seem strange to use cookie crumbs in cookie dough like this, but trust the process, the cookies are going to be amazing!
- And Cream Cheese Frosting – Crumbl’s cream cheese frosting is thick, rich, and out-of-this-world decadent, and so is mine! The cream cheese frosting is the perfect topping for these sweet sugar cookies.
Key Ingredients
Complete list of ingredients with quantities and instructions is located in the recipe card below
- Golden Oreos: These are the star of this cookie recipe! Pick up a package, you’ll need almost the whole thing to make this recipe. Cookie crumbs are mixed into the dough and sprinkled on top.
- Butter: Use unsalted butter, and be sure that it is softened to room temperature before you start making this recipe. You’ll need butter for both the cookie dough and the frosting.
- Vanilla Extract: This is after all a vanilla crumb cake cookie, so be sure that you’re using a good quality pure vanilla extract.
- Baking Powder: This gives the cookie dough a bit of lift while it’s baking.
- Eggs: Room temperature eggs will mix into the cookie dough more smoothly than cold ones will, so leave them out with your butter to warm up a bit.
- Cream Cheese: Use regular full-fat cream cheese to make the luscious frosting for these cookies.
How To Make Copycat Crumble Vanilla Crumb Cake Cookies
Top Tips
- Try to serve these right away. If you ordered this cookie at Crumbl, it would be served slightly warm, with fresh cream cheese frosting added just before they handed it to you. If you don’t plan to serve the cookies immediately, let them cool down all the way before frosting.
- If you don’t have a food processor, you can crush the Golden Oreos using a ziplock bag and a meat mallet or heavy rolling pin.
- Do not skip the chilling step. This cookie dough is quite sticky, and very difficult to work with. Chilling will make it much easier. Plus, the cookies will not bake properly if the dough isn’t chilled before baking.
- Try making smaller cookies! I haven’t fully tested this, but you should be able to make “normal” sized or mini Crumbl cookies by dividing the dough into 24 balls. Bake for around 10 minutes, or until they are done!
Storing Tips
If you don’t eat these right away, they can be stored for up to 3 days. Keep them in the refrigerator since they have cream cheese frosting, but try to let them come to room temperature before enjoying them.
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Recipe FAQs
What Else Can I Add to These Cookies?
If you’d like to play around with the recipe, try adding a pinch of cinnamon to the dough! You could also mix in some rainbow sprinkles, white chocolate chips, or larger pieces of Golden Oreos.
Does the dough need to be chilled?
Yes, it really does. If you do not chill the dough your cookies will spread all over the place. Since the cookies are so large, I recommend chilling the rolled cookie dough balls for at least 8 hours, or overnight.
Can I Freeze These Crumbl Cookies?
Yes you can! If the cookies are unfrosted, you can freeze them for up to 2 month.
If you’ve frosted them already, freeze them in a single layer, then wrap well. They’ll keep for about a month in the freezer.
Can I skip the frosting?
Of course! These soft sugar cookies are delicious with or without the cream cheese frosting.
Crumbl Vanilla Crumb Cake With Golden Oreo
Equipment
- Piping bags and large round tip
Ingredients
- 28 Golden Oreos
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
For the Frosting:
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 6 ½ cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place the Golden Oreos into a food processor and pulse until they form fine crumbs.
- In a large bowl, stir together 2 & ½ cups of the Oreo crumbs (save the rest for garnish), the flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
- In the body of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar for 3 minutes, until smooth.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing the first one in fully before adding the next.
- Stir in the vanilla.
- Add the flour mixture in three batches, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Portion the cookie dough into 12 balls. The dough will be very sticky, so do your best. Place on the prepared sheet tray.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) or 160°C for a fan oven. Line sheet trays with parchment paper and set aside.
- Roll the chilled cookie dough balls between your hands to smooth them out. Place on the sheet trays about 6 inches apart.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes until puffed, and they appear dry on the tops. Allow to cool for 10 minutes on the sheet tray and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the cookies cool, make the frosting by placing the butter and cream cheese into the body of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Cream until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar a little at a time until fully mixed in, scraping down the sides as you go.
- Add the heavy cream and vanilla. Whip on medium-high speed for 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Using a piping bag fitted with a Wilton 2A tip or something similar, pipe swirls on top of the cookies.
- Sprinkle the reserved Golden Oreo crumbs on top. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Try to serve these right away. If you ordered this cookie at Crumbl, it would be served slightly warm, with fresh cream cheese frosting added just before they handed it to you. If you don’t plan to serve the cookies immediately, let them cool down all the way before frosting.
- If you don’t have a food processor, you can crush the Golden Oreos using a ziplock bag and a meat mallet or heavy rolling pin.
- Do not skip the chilling step. This cookie dough is quite sticky, and very difficult to work with. Chilling will make it much easier. Plus, the cookies will not bake properly if the dough isn’t chilled before baking.
- To Store: Keep frosted cookies in a single layer in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Unfrosted cookies can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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