Confetti Cookies
Measurements:
Cookie Dough
3/4 cup butter (1 & 1/2 sticks)
1/2 cup of white granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp of vanilla extract
1 tsp cake batter extract (or 1/4 tsp almond extract)
1 tbsp molasses (optional)
1 3/4 cups of All-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sprinkles
Frosting
Add 1/4 tsp of pink food coloring to 3-4 cups of icing
Step By Step
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Step 1
Preheat oven to convection 350 degrees fahrenheit.
Beat room temperature butter in stand mixer/by hand for 3-5 minutes (or until butter turns off-white).
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Step 2
Add in white sugar and brown sugar. Beat the sugar with the butter until the mixture is fluffy (about 2 minutes).
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Step 3
Add your large egg and stir into mixture.
Mix in vanilla extract, cake batter extract (or almond), and molasses.
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Step 4
Add all purpose flour, cake flour, and baking soda to form your dough. If using a stand mixer, mix on low. If mixing by hand, use a spatula.
Add sprinkles.
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Step 5
Use a 1/3 cup scoop (or however much your heart desires) and place a single ball of dough on baking tray. THIS IS YOUR TEST COOKIE! Always start with baking a single cookie, to make sure you didn’t forget an ingredient and/or your oven isn’t too hot (some ovens have hot-spots or cook things quicker/slower than others). This is also a good indicator of how much your cookie will spread.
I flattened my cookies a little (I recommend to do the same)
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Step 6
Bake cookies in oven for 9-11 minutes
The cookies may seem a little underdone, but it will prevent them from being dry and crumbly.
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Step 7
Add pink food dye to your frosting and frost your cookies once they are cooled.
Add a few sprinkles on top.
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Step 8
For perfectly circular cookies, use a circular bowl/cup and swirl around your fresh cookie to make edges clean. Then let cookies sit on tray for about 10 minutes before removing.
Cool your cookies in the fridge before icing.
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Step 9
You can store these in the fridge for up to 10 days or at room temperature for 8 days! I recommend to keep these cooled so the frosting doesn’t melt off.