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Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies

Chris Gan
Chris Gan @ChrissyAlpha

These have been on my baking bucket list for a while! Valentine’s Day provided the perfect opportunity to make them! 😍 And wow, am I glad that I did!

But first, a bit of background: These cookies are called Lofthouse cookies and they are quintessentially American. They’re sold at grocery stores as well as large retailers like Target or Walmart and are instantly recognizable in their clear plastic containers. They are soft, sweet, and have a loooong list of ingredients including several stabilizers, preservatives, and artificial colors. They’re also very polarizing: people either love ‘em or hate ‘em.

The good news is that if you make them yourself, they taste about 100 times better and you eliminate all the crap ingredients. ♥️

The cookie recipe is from Stella Parks at Serious Eats but the frosting is from Eric Kim from the New York Times.
#Holiday #Valentine #Gift #Dessert #Lofthouse #Dessert

These have been on my baking bucket list for a while! Valentine’s Day provided the perfect opportunity to make them! 😍 And wow, am I glad that I did!

But first, a bit of background: These cookies are called Lofthouse cookies and they are quintessentially American. They’re sold at grocery stores as well as large retailers like Target or Walmart and are instantly recognizable in their clear plastic containers. They are soft, sweet, and have a loooong list of ingredients including several stabilizers, preservatives, and artificial colors. They’re also very polarizing: people either love ‘em or hate ‘em.

The good news is that if you make them yourself, they taste about 100 times better and you eliminate all the crap ingredients. ♥️

The cookie recipe is from Stella Parks at Serious Eats but the frosting is from Eric Kim from the New York Times.
#Holiday #Valentine #Gift #Dessert #Lofthouse #Dessert

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Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies

Chris Gan
Chris Gan @ChrissyAlpha

These have been on my baking bucket list for a while! Valentine’s Day provided the perfect opportunity to make them! 😍 And wow, am I glad that I did!

But first, a bit of background: These cookies are called Lofthouse cookies and they are quintessentially American. They’re sold at grocery stores as well as large retailers like Target or Walmart and are instantly recognizable in their clear plastic containers. They are soft, sweet, and have a loooong list of ingredients including several stabilizers, preservatives, and artificial colors. They’re also very polarizing: people either love ‘em or hate ‘em.

The good news is that if you make them yourself, they taste about 100 times better and you eliminate all the crap ingredients. ♥️

The cookie recipe is from Stella Parks at Serious Eats but the frosting is from Eric Kim from the New York Times.
#Holiday #Valentine #Gift #Dessert #Lofthouse #Dessert

These have been on my baking bucket list for a while! Valentine’s Day provided the perfect opportunity to make them! 😍 And wow, am I glad that I did!

But first, a bit of background: These cookies are called Lofthouse cookies and they are quintessentially American. They’re sold at grocery stores as well as large retailers like Target or Walmart and are instantly recognizable in their clear plastic containers. They are soft, sweet, and have a loooong list of ingredients including several stabilizers, preservatives, and artificial colors. They’re also very polarizing: people either love ‘em or hate ‘em.

The good news is that if you make them yourself, they taste about 100 times better and you eliminate all the crap ingredients. ♥️

The cookie recipe is from Stella Parks at Serious Eats but the frosting is from Eric Kim from the New York Times.
#Holiday #Valentine #Gift #Dessert #Lofthouse #Dessert

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Ingredients

~15 minutes
Makes ~24 cookies
  • Cookie Dough
  • 2 sticks(total of 8 oz) unsalted butter, sliced about 1/2 inch thick, cool but not quite room temp (~60°F)
  • 1 cup (7 ounces)white sugar
  • 2 teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 2large egg whites
  • 2 Tablespoonsheavy cream
  • 1 Tablespoonvanilla extract
  • 2and 2/3 cups (11 ounces) bleached cake flour
  • Frosting
  • 2 sticks(total of 8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 4 cupspowdered sugar
  • 1/2 cupfreeze-dried raspberries
  • 1/2 cupfreeze dried blueberries
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  • Pinchsalt
  • Sprinkles
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~15 minutes
  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F.

    Line 4 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

  2. 2

    Combine the egg whites, heavy cream, and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Whisk well and set aside.

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    A picture of step 2 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  3. 3

    In a separate bowl, weigh the flour.

    Please note that only bleached cake flour is recommended for this recipe. If you use all-purpose flour, the texture of the cookies will not be light and fluffy.

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  4. 4

    In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a paddle attachment, cream everything together on medium speed until it is nice and fluffy. This will take approximately five minutes.
    Scrape the bowl about halfway through, to ensure even mixing.

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    A picture of step 4 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
    A picture of step 4 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  5. 5

    Add the egg white mixture to the butter mixture in four or five additions, beating after each addition, until smooth and creamy.

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    A picture of step 5 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
    A picture of step 5 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  6. 6

    Remove the bowl from the stand mixer. Add the cake flour, then fold and mix until a smooth, soft dough is formed.
    At first, the mixture will be dry and lumpy. Keep the faith and keep gently mixing! Eventually, the dough will become much smoother and softer. It will look like a very thick cake batter.

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    A picture of step 6 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  7. 7

    Use about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie.

    You should end up with 24 cookies total. Redistribute the dough as necessary to get cookies of approximately the same size.

    Please note that I experimented a little. Cookies in my first batch were a little bit larger. My second batch was a little bit smaller.

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  8. 8

    Bake the cookies for about 15 minutes. Rotate the cookie sheets halfway through baking.
    Allow the cookies to cool completely before frosting.

    Shown below, you can see that the cookies should be very lightly browned on their bottoms. Their internal texture is light and fine.

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    A picture of step 8 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
    A picture of step 8 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  9. 9

    Play the freeze dried fruit in to sealed plastic bags. Crush the fruit thoroughly with a rolling pin until it is very fine dust.

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    A picture of step 9 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  10. 10

    Pass the dried fruit through a fine sieve to eliminate any seeds or chunks.

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    A picture of step 10 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  11. 11

    Add the butter, powdered sugar, the vanilla extract, and the salt to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed until everything is light and creamy (approximately five minutes).

    Transfer about half of the frosting to a separate bowl.

    Add the crushed freeze-dried blueberries to one batch of frosting and cream well.

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    A picture of step 11 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  12. 12

    Use the back of a spoon to apply the frosting liberally onto each cookie. Then, add sprinkles!

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    A picture of step 12 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  13. 13

    Repeat the process with the raspberry batch.

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    A picture of step 13 of Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies.
  14. 14

    Share with your favorite Valentine! 💌 ♥️
    Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to four days.

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  15. 15

    Notes:
    ♥️ Since I wanted a more intense purplish-blue color, I did add some gel food coloring to the blueberry frosting batch.

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Chris Gan
Chris Gan @ChrissyAlpha
on February 14, 2023 05:25
I love to cook stuff and eat it. ^__^
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Sudha Agrawal
Sudha Agrawal @SudhaAgrawal_123
February 19, 2023 07:13
@ChrissyAlpha so beautiful spread
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Cookie Egg White Blueberry Butter Raspberry

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