Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Smushing cookies for a good cause

I've been wanting to make these cookies for a long time, but I was sure my kids would pull up their noses and say no thanks. An event for church meant a time to try new cookies out on all the people! I was fighting with our Alexa for baking these. I kept setting a 9 minute timer and she wouldn't tell me when it was up. She needed a kick in the teeth. Anyway... these cookies baked up beautifully - the dough was perfect and squishy. I used a jelly jar to smush them to make a perfect well for the frosting to live. The frosting... oh wow... the frosting. Yes it has sour cream in it - which I thought odd - but it's so good. SO very good. Which cookie did Nicholas go for first at the church event? These. He even let me take a bite - so good. I saw a few other kids coming back for more too. Yay for good cookies.

Sugar Cookie with Sugar Cookie Frosting

Ingredients
Sugar Cookie
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
¾ cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs, room temperature
5 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon kosher salt

Sugar Cookie Frosting
½ cups unsalted butter, softened
¾ cups sour cream
1 teaspoon kosher salt
4-5 cups confectioners' sugar
red food color

Instructions
Sugar Cookie
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine butter, granulated sugar, and confectioners' sugar. Mix on medium speed until just combined.
Drizzle in oil and add eggs. Mix well.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tartar, and salt.
Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Allow the mixer to combine until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixer bowl.
Using a 2-tablespoon scoop, drop the golf-ball size portions of dough onto a lined baking sheet.
Roll each cookie dough ball until it is smooth and round.
Using the bottom of a wet kitchen glass that has been pressed into granulated sugar, press down on each cookie dough ball until the center of the cookie is pressed flatter than the edges. Repeat this on all cookies.
Bake for 7-9 minutes, or until edges are just slightly starting to brown and the center no longer appears wet. Allow the cookies to cool as you make the frosting.
NOTE: It is important to NOT over-bake the cookies. Be sure to check your cookies at 7 minutes. Every oven is different and overbaking can result in a tough, crumbly, tasteless cookie. Let your first batch be a test batch so you can ensure the remaining cookies are perfect and soft!

Sugar Cookie Frosting
In a clean bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine butter, sour cream, and salt.
Once ingredients are fully incorporated, start adding the confectioners' sugar, about ½ cup at a time. (You may not need all 5 cups. Keep an eye on the frosting to determine when it has reached your desired consistency. If it gets too be too thick you can add some milk.)
Add in a few drops of red food coloring for the soft pink color.
Spread on cooled cookies using an offset spatula or butter knife.

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