Christmas Lofthouse Cookies
These are an exact replica of the Christmas Lofthouse Cookies. Insanely pillowy sugar cookies topped with creamy frosting and cute sprinkles, but way better than the grocery store’s version.
Ingredients
- 1 cupmargarine*, softened
- 1 ¼ cupspowdered sugar
- 1egg
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- ½ tspbutter extract
- 2 ½ cupscake flour
- 1 tspbaking powder
- ½ tspsalt
- ¼ cupmargarine*, softened
- 1 ½ cupspowdered sugar
- ¼ cupheavy whipping cream
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- ⅛ tspbutter extract
- holiday sprinkles
Directions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line your cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- 2
In a bowl, cream the margarine and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
- 3
Add the egg, vanilla and butter extract. Mix until everything is combined evenly.
- 4
Add the cake flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until a soft dough forms.
- 5
Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes. Scoop the dough into 3 Tbsp portions and roll into a smooth ball and then gently flatten the ball so it looks like a hockey puck. Arrange on the cookie sheet.
- 6
Bake for 9-11 minutes or until the cookies spread slightly and no longer look wet in the center. Remove from the oven before they start turning brown.
- 7
Allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack. Wait until the cookies are completely cool to frost them.
- 8
To make the frosting, cream the margarine until smooth.
- 9
Alternate adding in 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and then just a tiny splash of heavy cream, mixing until the powdered sugar is completely mixed in with the margarine.Repeat this step until all of the powdered sugar has been added. Your frosting should stay thick throughout this process.
- 10
Mix in the vanilla extract and butter extract.You can now slowly add more heavy cream to the mixture to thin the frosting to your desired consistency.
- 11
Frost each of the cookies and immediately add sprinkles to the top.