Jazzed up Sugar Cookies – a lemon zest and cognac spiked dough topped in a cream cheese icing.
Snowflake Cookies
Recipe makes about twenty-four 1 1/2″ cookies.
Cream together:
- 2 sticks (1 cup) salted Butter (room temp)
- 1 cup Sugar
Add:
- 1 Egg
- the zest of 1 Lemon
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Cognac
Gradually shift in and combine until uniform:
- 2 1/2 cups Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
Place the cookie dough in refrigerator for a couple of hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Remove the dough from the fridge and roll it out until it is about 1/4″ thick.
Cut out the snowflakes, and place them on parchment lined cookie sheets.
Bake them for about 8 minutes, or until they are no longer appear shiny. You want them to be puffy, white, and soft to touch. This is a very caky cookie. They will harden as they cool.
Let the cookies cool completely before you frost them.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Cream together:
- 8 oz of Cream Cheese (room temp)
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted Butter
Add:
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 tbsp Milk
- dash of Salt
Gradually add until all the ingredients are well combined:
- 3 cups Confectionary (Powdered) Sugar
Frost your cookies 🙂
Love the cream cheese icing ! Awesome cookies , Looks Beautiful with a little bit of sparkle. This is definitely on my list for the holiday baking 😊
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