High Altitude Cutout Sugar Cookie with Icing Recipe
Wild Flour Recipes | Baking at 8,000 ft
www.wildflourrecipes.com
Chewy and soft sugar cookies that taste delicious. This is the best sugar cookie recipe for high-altitude baking.
Yield: 24
Calories: 404kcal
Ingredients
High Altitude Sugar Cookie
- 1/2 cup butter - room temperature
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing
- 1/4 cup butter - room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cup powdered sugar
- 4-6 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add the butter and sugar and mix.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix on low speed until the dough is combined.
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours in an airtight container or tightly covered in plastic wrap.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place the chilled cookie dough on a clean surface that is lightly floured. Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Use your cookie cutters to make the shapes. Place the cookies on a cooled baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. Place the baked cookies on a cooling rack.
- Mix all the ingredients together except the milk. Slowly add the milk, 1 tablespoon at a time. Add just enough milk to make the frosting the right consistency.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely. Have fun and frost the cookies. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 404kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 317mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 45g