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Soft Sugar Cookies with Strawberry Frosting
Soft-baked sugar cookies topped with a vibrant and flavorful strawberry frosting. The perfect spring and summer cookie that is not only beautiful, but delicious, too.
👥 20 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 40 min⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 10 min👤 Allison Mattina📖 celebratingsweets
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- oven
- baking sheet
- bowl
- food processor
📝 Preparation Steps
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Cookies:
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preheat oven
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper (this helps the cookies from spreading).
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wet ingredients
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Using a hand mixer, or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar for ⏱️ 2 minutes, until light and creamy. Add extracts, egg, egg yolk, and sour cream and beat until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary. The mixture might look a little curdled, that’s ok.
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dry ingredients
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In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat until combined.
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scoop dough
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Allow the dough to sit at room temperature for ⏱️ 5 minutes. Scoop the dough into 2-tablespoon balls (briefly rolling them in your hands, if necessary, to make the dough balls smooth). Place the dough balls a couple inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
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bake
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Bake for ⏱️ 9-11 minutes (see note), until the edges are set and the center is still slightly underdone. The cookies should still be light in color, not brown. Place the baking sheets on wire racks to cool completely; the cookies will firm up once cool.
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Frosting:
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frosting
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In a small food processor, blend freeze dried strawberries until they turn into powder. Pour the powder into a fine mesh sieve, discarding the solids and seeds, keeping the fine powder that came through the sieve. Set the powder aside, you should have a scant ¼ cup.
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frosting
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With a hand mixer, or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides of the bowl and the beater as necessary. Add the powdered sugar, ½ a cup at a time, beating until combined.
powdered sugar (plus more if needed)3 cups
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assembly
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Add freeze dried strawberry powder, vanilla extract, jam, and either 2 tablespoons of milk OR 2 tablespoons strawberry puree. Beat on medium speed until fully combined, being sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl and beater as needed. If necessary, adjust the consistency by adding more powdered sugar to thicken, or more milk or strawberry puree to thin it out.
powdered sugar (plus more if needed)3 cups
Nutrition Facts
calories
348 kcal
fat Content
15 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
37 g
sodium Content
53 mg
protein Content
2 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
56 mg
carbohydrate Content
52 g
saturated Fat Content
9 g
unsaturated Fat Content
5 g
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