Gilmore Girls’ influence may be felt long beyond its peak in the 2000s, as fans of the iconic series continue to post Easter eggs, continuity problems, and viral ideas 16 years after the show’s last episode aired. Gilmore Girls appears to be influencing fans’ eating habits, as a viral coffee cake cookie recipe inspired by Luke’s Diner has gone viral.
On TikTok, @thepalatablelife published the recipe with her followers just in time for fall, and with over a million views as of writing, it appears the cookies are a favorite among Gilmore Girls fans.
If you want to make some coffee cake cookies to snack on while watching Gilmore Girls, put on your Sookie St. James chef hat and begin by combining butter, vegetable oil, and brown sugar in a mixing dish. Then, add half an egg, vanilla essence, and flour to the batter. Form the cookie dough into balls using a cookie scooper and set them on a baking sheet before pressing each one down into a more typical cookie shape.
In a separate dish, combine the butter, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon, and then pour the streusel crumbs over the cookies. After ten minutes in the oven, make a sticky mixture of powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla essence and pour it over your freshly baked cookies.
@thepalatablelife sept 1 🤝🏼 gilmore girls rewatch #coffeecakecookie #gilmoregirls ♬ Where You Lead I Will Follow – Carole King
Fellow TikTokers have already weighed in on the now-viral Gilmore Girls cookies, with some providing their own spin on the “delicious” recipe. “I make these all the time,” said one user. “Trust me, put espresso in the icing instead of milk, and drizzle the whole thing with a bit of sea salt—and thank me later.”
Meanwhile, another user remarked that the cookies are “ideal for snacking on while you decide whether you’re team Logan, team Jess, or team Dean.”