The Pink Cookie
Childhood memories:
What’s more nostalgic than sugar? These cookies bring back fond memories of baking with my brother Todd. They’re a delicious twist on the classic sugar cookie and it’s just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Ingredients
Cookies:
1 cup salted butter (softened)
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
Pink Icing:
1/2 cup salted butter (softened)
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp almond extract (or vanilla if you prefer)
1-3 Tablespoons milk
Neon pink or atermelon colored food coloring
Directions
Cookies:
Heat oven to 350. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle or spatula paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add in eggs and extracts. Mix again just until incorporated. Add the baking powder, and flour one cup at a time and mix until incorporated.
Drop by spoonfuls, (I use a large cookie scoop 2 T of dough) onto parchment or silplat lined baking sheet. Press cookies with the back of a cup to spread them flat. If you find the cup sticking to the cookie, don’t be afraid to dip it in sugar and press again. This should fix the issue.
Don’t crowd the pan with the cookie dough balls as they will spread a little bit more during baking. Bake 9-11 min until the cookies are no longer glossy on top. Do not over bake or cookies will be dry and tough. Remove from oven and cool thoroughly on cookie sheet or remove to a cooling rack to cool before frosting.
Frosting:
In the bowl of a stand mixer, place softened butter and whip attachment. Start whipping butter, add powdered sugar one cup at a time. pre-sift powdered sugar to remove any lumps if your’s has gotten lumpy, before adding to butter. Alternate powdered sugar and a little milk at a time. You may not need all of the milk, add extracts, at the end add a small amount of food coloring. Continually scrape down sides of bowl. The end result should be a perfect smooth pink frosting.
To frost cookies. Make sure they are completely cool. Use a small offset spatula to frost the cookies. Refrigerate cookies or eat at room temperature.
Either way they are delicious! Enjoy! Try not to eat them all before sharing with your Valentine!
