A selfmade batch of the copycat grocery retailer sugar cookies with colourful frosting and sprinkles. These Lofthouse cookies are so fluffy, mushy, and piled with frosting–everyone loves them! Customise them with sprinkles that swimsuit any season.

So, THESE COOKIES. Have you ever ever had Lofthouse cookies? You completely have. They’re the cookies the grocery shops promote in plastic containers by the register with the thick frosting and fairly sprinkles. These sugar cookies are tremendous mushy and puffy, and the icing is so candy it’ll make your enamel harm. However, the sprinkles make you smile!

So, I scaled them right down to make a mere half dozen so we wouldn’t be tempted to binge on 2 dozen cookies in 48 hours. It’s completely occurred, and greater than as soon as. Six petite fluffy little Lofthouse sugar cookies, all for you.

You might double this recipe to make 12 cookies! Simply double the recipe exactly–2 egg yolks (not the entire egg).

This Lofthouse cookies recipe jogs my memory of my Small Batch Sugar Cookies however with some icing and sprinkles.  And if you wish to attempt one thing new and just like the style of a sugar cookie, these Sugar Cookie Bars are excellent.  

These cookies are probably the most requested cookies in my home. I’ve a daughter who loves sprinkles a lot that she thinks every thing will be improved upon with sprinkles–pancakes, applesauce, and even mashed potatoes! Truthfully, I can hardly make any kind of cookie with out her citing these cookies.

I feel it goes with out saying that you could adapt the kind of sprinkles to suit any upcoming holidays. Santa enjoys these cookies with crimson and inexperienced sprinkles, and we additionally take pleasure in them with black and orange sprinkles for Halloween! Rainbow sprinkles are all the time welcome in our home, too.

What are Lofthouse Cookies?

Lofthouse cookies are mushy sugar cookies with a barely domed high which might be coated in a buttercream frosting and sprinkles. They’re the basic birthday celebration cookie, however they can be used for any vacation by altering up the sprinkles!

Lofthouse Sugar Cookie Recipe Components

For the Cookies

• Butter. I bake with unsalted butter in order that I can add my very own salt to the recipe. The butter must be at room temperature for this recipe. One of the simplest ways to make butter come to room temperature shortly is to slice it and depart it on a plate at room temperature for half-hour.
• Sugar. One-third cup of granulated white sugar.
• Egg. This recipe solely wants one massive egg yolk (save the egg white for a recipe that makes use of egg whites). For those who double the recipe, use two egg yolks, not the entire egg!
• Heavy Cream.  The very best liquid for this Lofthouse cookie recipe is heavy cream. If you do not have it and do not need to purchase it, you might use an equal quantity of entire milk as a replacement. Nonetheless, for those who use milk, you may must refrigerate the dough for about Quarter-hour to agency up the dough. The additional water in milk thins out the batter an excessive amount of.
•  Vanilla Extract. Sure, one full teaspoon for six cookies!
• Flour. You want common all-purpose flour for this recipe.
•  Baking Powder. One-half teaspoon of baking powder.
•  Salt. A really small quantity of salt, ⅛ teaspoon.

For the Lofthouse Cookie Frosting

• Butter. Once more, please guarantee that is at room temperature.
• Powdered Sugar. This makes very fluffy frosting; don’t substitute.
• Vanilla Extract. An additional half-teaspoon of vanilla within the frosting makes these cookies so candy and yummy!
• Heavy Cream. For the frosting, use extra heavy cream for those who purchased a giant container of it. Nonetheless, it would not matter an excessive amount of right here, so you should use milk as a replacement.
• Ornamental Sprinkles. Match any season or vacation you want to have fun.

Lofthouse Cookie Suggestions

• If you do not have heavy cream, substitute with entire milk.  Milk will make the batter approach too mushy for the cookies however for those who put the dough within the fridge for Quarter-hour the dough shall be able to bake.
• Use silicone liners for those who can, it would forestall cookies from spreading an excessive amount of within the oven.
• It’s essential to let the cookies cool utterly earlier than frosting.  This may preserve your frosting from melting and sliding off the cookie.
• Since this Lofthouse Cookie recipe makes use of solely the egg yolk, make sure you try my methods to use the leftover egg whites.

The right way to retailer Lofthouse Cookies

• Room Temperature – Retailer the cookies in a sealed container to maintain recent.
• Refrigerate –  The cookies will be stored within the fridge to maintain them longer.  Or if you wish to make the cookie dough first, you possibly can preserve it within the fridge in a single day earlier than baking the cookies.
• Freeze – The cookies and the dough will be put within the freezer to make use of at a later time.

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