Copycat Lofthouse Cookies Recipe
This Lofthouse Cookies copycat recipe is a soft sugar cookie with a sweet, delicious frosting, topped with sprinkles.
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup, (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 4 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup sour cream
Cookie Frosting
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4-5 cups powdered sugar
- 5 tablespoon heavy cream (or whole milk)
- food coloring
- sprinkles
Instructions
Cookie Instructions
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream butter and sugar, until light and creamy-about 3 minutes. Scraped down the sides of the bowl, as needed.
- Add in eggs, one at a time, mix until incorporated.
- Beat in vanilla extract, almond extract, sour cream until just combined.
- In another bowl, whisk cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cornstarch. Add to the wet ingredients in small increments, mixing after each incorporation, until combined. Scrape down the sides, as needed. The dough is slightly sticky. Cover bowl and refrigerate 2 hours.
- After at least 2 hours, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Start preparing your cookie sheets with parchment paper or baking mat. If dough is still slightly sticky, place a little powdered sugar on your hands. Using a teaspoon or tablespoon cookie scoop, place balls onto prepared pans.
- Flatten dough with bottom of a glass, dipped in powdered sugar, palm of your hand or the back os a spoon dipped in powdered sugar. Bake 9-10 minutes or until just golden on edges. Cool completely on wire racks.
Frosting Instructions
- Gather your frosting ingredients once cookies are cooled.
- Cream butter, salt and vanilla extract. Add in 2 cups of powdered sugar until incorporated.
- Mix in the rest of your powdered sugar, along with heavy cream, combine well until light and fluffy. If it is too dry, add a little more cream, too wet, add extra powdered sugar for desired consistency.
- If using multiple colors of food coloring, separate evenly into bowls and mix in the coloring. If using only one color, mix it into the entire frosting batch, beating until combined. Spread frosting onto cooled cookies using spoon, offset spatula or pipe it on. Add sprinkles on top and enjoy!
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