Description
Delicious pink decorated cookies perfect for any festive occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups salted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ tsp cake batter flavoring
- Pink food coloring
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- Milk or heavy cream, as needed
- Christmas sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare the Oven: Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream Butter and Sugar: Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add Eggs and Color: Mix in eggs, cake batter flavoring, and pink food coloring.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: Add flour and baking powder, mixing just until combined.
- Shape Cookies: Scoop dough into 3-tablespoon portions and flatten slightly.
- Bake: Bake for 9–11 minutes until cookies puff and lose gloss.
- Make Frosting: Beat butter, cream cheese, and vanilla. Add powdered sugar, salt, and milk to desired consistency.
- Frost and Decorate: Pipe frosting onto warm cookies and top with sprinkles.
Notes
- These cookies can be decorated in various themes for different occasions.
- Ensure cookies are completely cooled before frosting.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 30mg