Pumpkin Spice Swig Sugar Cookies

I know many people in Utah are big fans of Swig. Well aside from their endless choices of drink combinations, they also offer delicious cookies. Their cookies are absolutely delicious and their most famous cookie of all is their sugar cookie. If you haven’t tried it, then I suggest you run to a Swig right now and grab one. They are amazing. But unfortunately some of you non Utah people don’t have that opportunity, unless you’re planning on visiting soon. Luckily all the swig cookie recipes that you can find on the internet really do end up tasting just like the real thing. So if you have the time to make them, then you can have your own Swig sugar cookie experience from home.

I decided to take the swig sugar cookie recipe and add a bit of a twist to it. Not a huge one, but just enough of a change to make it into a pumpkin sugar cookie treat. These Pumpkin Spice Swig Sugar Cookies ended up tasting absolutely fabulous, and were the most perfect treat to deliver to neighbors. The pumpkin spice frosting was all I changed and the frosting tasted absolutely amazing with the sugar cookie. Guys, this is a MUST try recipe.

Seriously run to your store right now to pick up the ingredients for this cookie. You can totally bribe your kids with these cookies when they get home from school today. OR you can just hide them in the pantry and eat them all by yourself. 🙂

Pumpkin Spice Swig Sugar Cookies

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

8 mins

Total time

23 mins

 

Sugar cookies with a pumpkin spice cream cheese frosting. OH MY GOODNESS. So good.

Author: Sugar n' Spice Gals

Recipe type: Cookies

Serves: 26-30 cookies

Ingredients

• COOKIE:
• 5¼ cups flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup softened butter (not melted)
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1¼ cup white sugar
• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 tbsp water
• FROSTING:
• 1 8 oz block cream cheese
• 1 stick of softened butter (1/2 cup)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt
• 1-2 tsp pumpkin spice extract (Add 1 or 2 tsp based off of how much pumpkin spice you like)
• 5 cups powdered sugar
• 1 drop of red food coloring
• 5-6 drops of yellow food coloring

Instructions

1. COOKIE DIRECTIONS:
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
3. In a large bowl cream together with a hand mixer the butter, eggs, oil, water and vanilla.
4. Add in the white sugar and powdered sugar and mix together.
5. Add in the baking soda, salt and cream of tartar and mix well.
6. You will now the flour 1 cup at a time. Mix each cup and then add another.
7. The dough should not be sticky.
8. Roll the dough into 2 inch balls and line them on a cookie sheet. ( I do about 3 per row)
9. Using a cup or mason jar press down the bottom of the cup onto the cookie dough balls.
10. (Spray the bottom of the cup or jar with a little bit of cooking spray to prevent the dough from sticking to the cup)
11. You will flatten out the cookie to about ½ an inch thick. The edges should look like they are cracking.
12. Place the pressed cookie dough into the oven for 8 mins. (Don't cookie any longer)
13. Remove from oven and let cool before frosting.
14. Repeat til all the cookie dough is cooked into cookies.
15. FROSTING:
16. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cream cheese and butter using your hand mixer. Mix till well blended.
17. Add the vanilla, pumpkin spice, and salt and mix well.
18. Add in the powdered sugar one cup at a time, mixing together in between each cup.
19. Mix in the food coloring. (careful with how much red you add)
20. Mix the colors together to get a nice orange frosting.
21. Your frosting should be be nice and creamy.
22. Using a butter knife frost the cookies.
23. ENJOY!

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