Pie crust cookies are just about as easy as they can get when using a refrigerated pie crust. Or, if using a homemade pie crust is more your style, that can easily be done with this fun cookie recipe too!
These are a great way to also use any leftover pie crust scraps, so don’t throw them away! Roll the scraps back out, get your favorite cookie-cutters and brush with butter and a cinnamon-sugar spice blend, and watch them disappear.
When I was little, my mom would make the most delicious little treats out of her leftover pie crust scraps. As an adult, I’ve found it’s even fun to buy refrigerated pie crusts to do the same thing, for a quick little treat.
If you’re using a refrigerated pie crust, they usually come 2, to a box. So if making a recipe like this easy egg custard or this lemon pie recipe, that only requires one crust, these pie dough cookies would be a great way to use up the other crust!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Save: No need to toss any leftover pie scraps! Either roll the scraps back out and use a cookie cutter to cut fun shapes or sprinkle the strips with the toppings and bake.
- Simple Ingredients: Butter, cinnamon, and sugar. That’s all you need to top your pie crust cinnamon cookies with.
- Fun for Kids: If the kiddos want to have fun in the kitchen, this can be a great activity for them. They get to use cookie cutters, brush on the butter, and sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon on to the cookies.
Ingredients Needed
Here’s what you’ll need to make these pie crust sugar cookies recipe:
- Refrigerated Pie Crust – Or of course, homemade pie crust or scraps.
- Butter – Salted or unsalted butter will work for this recipe.
- Cinnamon/Sugar – For even more ease, sometimes you can find a cinnamon-sugar blend at the store. However, you can sprinkle on the cinnamon and sugar separately. (See below for ratios.)
*Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list & instructions!*
How to Make Pie Crust Cookies
Preheat the oven to 375°F (or the temperature recommended on the pie crust box) and clean the surface where you plan to make the cookies.
Tip: Sprinkle a little sugar (or the cinnamon/sugar blend) on the surface, to keep the pie crust from sticking to the surface.
STEP 1. Unroll the pie crust.
STEP 2. Using cookie cutters, cut out as many shapes as you like, and place them on a baking sheet that’s lined with parchment paper.
STEP 3. Brush melted butter on to cookies and sprinkle with a cinnamon and sugar mixture.
STEP 4. Bake in the preheated oven for 7-8 minutes, or until the cookies no longer look “wet.”
Recipe Pro Tips
- Shapes – The cookies don’t have to be in cookie-cutter shapes. Take a knife and cut strips in to the pie crust (almost in the shape of “french fries“) and bake the same way. Or, you can cut the pie crust in to strips and roll them to make them look like a cinnamon roll.
- Cinnamon Sugar Mixture – If making your own cinnamon-sugar blend, mix together ¼ cup of white granulated sugar and 1 Tablespoon of ground cinnamon. This will result in more than you’ll need for one pie crust, so you can cut down on this or save the remainder for later.
- More Variations – Feel free to add your favorite toppings to these cookies, or even add jam, or top with a strawberry buttercream, like we did with these sugar cookie sandwiches.
Recipe FAQs
Making pie crust cookies is a great way to use a broken pie crust. Cut in to shapes and brush with melted butter and a cinnamon-sugar mixture. Then bake!
Allow the pie crust cookies to cool and then store them in an airtight container and store at room temperature.
If you have a baked pie crust, you can make a pie that requires a baked pie crust such as this banana cream pie recipe.
What to Serve with Pie Crust Cookies
These are delicious by themselves but they are also fun to serve with a bowl of your favorite ice cream recipe, or with a dessert dip like this pumpkin fluff recipe, Oreo dip or this Christmas cheese ball.
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Recipe
Pie Crust Cookies
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Equipment
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 refrigerated pie crust
- 2 Tablespoons butter melted
- 3 Tablespoons cinnamon-sugar mixture *See notes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Unroll refrigerated pie crust on to clean surface. *See notes.
- Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and place on prepared baking sheet.
- Brush melted butter on to cookies and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 7-8 minutes or until the cookies no longer look "wet."
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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