Pumpkin Spice Swig Sugar Cookies
Author: Sugar n' Spice Gals
Recipe type: Cookies
Serves: 26-30 cookies
- 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
- COOKIE DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- In a large bowl cream together with a hand mixer the butter, eggs, oil, water and vanilla.
- Add in the white sugar and powdered sugar and mix together.
- Add in the baking soda, salt and cream of tartar and mix well.
- You will now the flour 1 cup at a time. Mix each cup and then add another.
- The dough should not be sticky.
- Roll the dough into 2 inch balls and line them on a cookie sheet. ( I do about 3 per row)
- Using a cup or mason jar press down the bottom of the cup onto the cookie dough balls.
- (Spray the bottom of the cup or jar with a little bit of cooking spray to prevent the dough from sticking to the cup)
- You will flatten out the cookie to about ½ an inch thick. The edges should look like they are cracking.
- Place the pressed cookie dough into the oven for 8 mins. (Don't cookie any longer)
- Remove from oven and let cool before frosting.
- Repeat til all the cookie dough is cooked into cookies.
- FROSTING:
- In a medium sized bowl mix together the cream cheese and butter using your hand mixer. Mix till well blended.
- Add the vanilla, pumpkin spice, and salt and mix well.
- Add in the powdered sugar one cup at a time, mixing together in between each cup.
- Mix in the food coloring. (careful with how much red you add)
- Mix the colors together to get a nice orange frosting.
- Your frosting should be be nice and creamy.
- Using a butter knife frost the cookies.
- ENJOY!
Recipe by Sugar n' Spice Gals at https://sugar-n-spicegals.com/pumpkin-spice-swig-sugar-cookies/
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