How To Make Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
These Lofthouse sugar cookies are made with sour cream in them. What comes out are soft cookies that you can then decorate with a sweet sugar frosting.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cookie:
- ½cupunsalted butter,softened
- ¾cupssugar
- 1largeegg
- ½cupsour cream
- 2tspvanilla extract
- 1½cups flour
- 1tbspcornstarch
- ½tspbaking powder
- ½tspBaking Soda
For Frosting:
- ½cupunsalted butter,softened
- 3cupspowdered sugar
- ¼cupwater
- 8dropspink food coloring
Instructions
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Add the butter and sugar to a stand mixer on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes until fluffy then add in the egg, sour cream and vanilla until fully combined.
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Sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and baking soda then add it to the stand mixer until just combined then refrigerate the cookie dough for 2 hours until completely chilled.
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and using a tablespoon scoop, add the cookie dough to a baking sheet on a silicone mat and press the dough down with a cup that’s been dipped in powdered sugar.
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Bake for 8 to 10 minutes then let cool completely.
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To make frosting, add the butter and powdered sugar to stand mixer on low speed until mostly combined.
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Raise speed to medium and add in water 1 tablespoon at a time until creamy enough to spread before adding in the pink food coloring.
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Frost completely cooled cookies and if desired, add sprinkles.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 193.35kcal
- Fat:Â 8.89g
- Saturated Fat:Â 5.49g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 2.31g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.40g
- Carbohydrates:Â 27.71g
- Fiber:Â 0.21g
- Sugar:Â 21.13g
- Protein:Â 1.25g
- Cholesterol:Â 30.58mg
- Sodium:Â 40.71mg
- Calcium:Â 17.27mg
- Potassium:Â 21.22mg
- Iron:Â 0.16mg
- Vitamin A: 76.46µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.04mg
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