Craving Lofthouse sugar cookies? Now you can easily make them at home with this frosted sugar cookies recipe. Keep reading to find out our secret ingredient that makes these cookies melt-in-your-mouth soft.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time13 minutesmins
Additional Time30 minutesmins
Total Time53 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: frosted sugar cookies, lofthouse sugar cookies, soft sugar cookies
Gradually add in the dry ingredients, mixing on low for 1 minute. The dough will be crumbly. Transition to using a spatula and work the dough together.
Use a cookie scoop to form balls. My dough balls were about 2.5-3 tbsp, so that’s a large cookie. Place the cookies 2-3 inches apart on a silicone lined baking sheet, flatten them with your palm and bake for 13-15 minutes. Be sure to adjust the baking time for smaller cookies - I’d suggest 10-12 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool completely before frosting.
FROSTING
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract using an electric mixer until fluffy, 1-2 minutes.
Evenly divide the frosting into 2 bowls. Add pink gel food coloring to one and teal gel food coloring to the other. Stir with a spoon until each color is combined.
Food coloring
Using 2 separate knives for each color, spread frosting on the cookies. Combine the colors as desired. Top with sprinkles.
Sprinkle medley
Notes
I have made these cookies multiple times with King Arthur’s Gluten Free Measure for Measure Flour with great success.
Properly measure the all purpose flour using the spoon and level method.