If you follow me on Twitter, or if you're a fan of the HTEAC Facebook page, you already know that I was seriously craving these cookies today! I must admit, a lot of times when I have a particular craving, I don't always hit the nail on the head with the recipe I choose. Today, I did it! These cookies are exactly what I wanted. They're soft and moist without being cake-like. The flavor is bangin', and the frosting is... well... the icing on the cookie! I predict these cookies will disappear like a fart in a fan factory. And I'll just go ahead and make a check mark on my bucket list beside "Use the idiom 'disappear like a fart in a fan factory.'" CHECK! (PS: Sorry if you're grossed out. Stop thinking about farts and start thinking about cookies!)
I figured I didn't want to spend all day smearing frosting on these cookies, so I made a shortcut by rolling some of them in pink sugar before baking. They looked so pretty. The cookies with the frosting are very sweet, but it didn't stop me from eating a whole one and two bites off a second one. I bet they'd be perfect for kids! This recipe is totally a keeper.
For the frosting, I didn't use a recipe. I started with1 stick unsalted butter, softened
I mixed in about
1-2 cups confectioners' sugar
until it was stiffened. Then I added about
1 tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 drop red food coloring
and mixed until it was creamy and spreadable.
Soft Sugar Cookies (from The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book)
Makes 2 dozen cookies
2 cups granulated sugar, divided
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
14 Tbsp (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
Set oven rack in middle of the oven. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread 1/2 cup of the sugar in a shallow dish for coating and set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.
Beat softened butter and remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3-6 minutes. Beat in the vanilla then eggs, one at a time, until combined, about 30 seconds, scraping down the bowl & beaters as needed.
Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly mix in the flour mixture until combineds. Give the dough a final stir with a rubber spatula to make sure dough is combined.
Line large baking sheets with parchment paper. Using damp palms, roll 2 tablespoons of dough at a time into balls, then roll in sugar to coat. Place balls on parchment-lined baking sheets, spaced 2 inches apart. Flatten cookies with the buttered bottom of a drinking glass, then sprinkle and remaining sugar over flattened tops. (I just layed a piece of plastic wrap over my cookies and pressed them with the bottom of a clean glass.)
Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, until the edges are set and just beginning to brown but the centers are still soft and puffy, 10-12 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through baking. Allow cookies to cook on baking sheet for 10 minutes, then serve warm or transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
*takes a bow for using the word "fart" 4 times in a blog post about prissy pink cookies!!* ;D
22 comments:
Now *I have a craving for sugar cookies with pink frosting! As always, thanks for sharing. (:
Pink is the way to go with the cuties! Does the buttercream crust so they are stackable. What? You don't know because you ate them all? I wonder if I can wrap these up and send them to my father for Dad's day? Can you email me? Pretty in pink with sugar on top? calicopurr at msn dot com! Thanks.
These look way yummy and I love the ones rolled in color! Thanks for sharing.
Oh, and I'm totally stealing your fart line, that's sure to get a laugh out of my husband later! lol!
im now so hungry after looking at your cookies!
Hey,
These cookies look amazing!!! I'm dying to try them :)
Since i'm not from the US and things go a bit different here, i have a couple of questions:
1. how many grams are there in a stick of butter? (here it's 100gr)
2. it is almost impossible to find confectioners' sugar (unless i go to a bakery and beg them to give me some), so what else is possible to use instead?
Thank you so much,
Maria.
Hey Maria,
1. 113 grams in a stick of butter
2. I think your "icing sugar" might be the same as our confectioners' sugar, but that's just a guess. :)
Not only do these look adorable, but they sounds to-die-for! I love finding cookie recipes that stick out from the rest :-)
p.s. I love your humor :-)
Bravo!.... on the fart thing of course. And Kerah would love those pink sparkly ones... cookies of course :)
Is the "icing sugar" made of just sugar powder and water? I don't think i've ever seen something called "icing sugar "...
Mmmm wow these cookies look amazingly good! Drool!!
I have made sugar cookies twice in the last 2 days. Somehow, my intended audiences ended up eating only about 3 quarters of them because I couldn´t keep my hands off them. I used a hard glaze, which was better for packing, but much less tasty than yours. Good work and thanks for sharing!
LOL, nice...very nice & I mean the cookies not the use of the word "fart"! :)
~ingrid
Maria, confectioners' sugar and icing sugar are just sugar that have been ground into a fine powder.
"fart in a fan factory" MAN that totally made my day, haha looove it!
They look so pretty.
OOh, America's Test Kitchen! I'm a big fan of their recipes. I love how sparkly and pink the cookies rolled in sugar look.
these are too cute :) nice job!
mmmm, frosted sugar cookies are one of my very favorite cookies! These look so pretty!
I just made these and they turned out incredible! Thanks for the inspiration!!
There's nothing better than sugar cookies and frosting! But the pink ones rolled in sugar are excellent looking. My daughter say the picture and yelled "h, make those today!"
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I LOVE a good soft sugar cookie--the ones rolled in pink sugar would look good in my mouth, um, kitchen.
The pink on these cookies appeals to my girly side, big time! Yum@
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