Enjoy delicious copycat Lofthouse Cookies with a Holiday Christmas theme. Delicious sugar cookies with a buttercream frosting are the perfect holiday cookie.
Course Christmas dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas lofthouse cookies, holiday lofthouse cookies, lofthouse cookies
Preheat oven to 350°F/177°C, line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats. Set aside
To assemple the wet ingredient, use a standing mixer, with paddles attached, beat the butter, oil, white sugar, and confectioners sugar until combined.
Beat in the egg, and heavy whipping cream until combined. set aside.
Mix the dry ingredients by using a medium-sized mixing bowl, and whisk together the flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking powder.
Gradually beat the dry ingredients into the wet with a low speed on the stand mier and continue beating until a dough forms.
Use a medium cookie scoop and food scale (optional), scoop out a small amount of dough, and weigh it to 2.2 ounces, to make 12 equal size cookies.
Roll each cookie dough into a ball and place on the cookie sheet, pressing into a thick disk Repeat each step until you have 6 even sized cookie dough disks on each cookie tray.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. The cookies should be baked through and slightly soft and golden brown on the bottom.
Allow to cool completely on a wire rack while you make the frosting
Frosting Instructions
Using a standing mixer, with paddles attached, beat the butter, confectioners sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract until creamy
Divide the frosting into two medium-sized mixin- bowls
Mix 6 drops of red gel food coloring into 1 bowl.
Mix 6 drops of green gel food coloring into the second bowl.
Take the medium cookie scoop and place and even layer of frosting onto the top of the cookie. Then add a bit of sprinkles to the top of the cookies.
Repeat with the rest of the cookies and the red frosting.
Place the cookies into the freezer for 10 minutes to allow the frosting to harden.
The cookies are ready to be served and enjoy.
Notes
Be sure to check Expert Tips and FAQs above with important tips and questions that can help make a delicious recipe.Note 1: These cookies can be made with pink food coloring for a classic Lofthouse cookie theme.
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.