Description
These 4th of July cookies are a soft, chewy and buttery sugar cookie base, topped with a creamy buttercream frosting and sprinkled with all the red, white and blue sprinkles. They are the perfect patriotic dessert for your 4th of July party.
Ingredients
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Sugar Cookie Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
Topping Ingredients
- Patriotic Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon mat. Set aside for later.
- In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Mix until light and fluffy.
- Add in egg and vanilla. Mix until just combined.
- Add in flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix until you no longer see streaks of flour.
- Use a cookie scoop or spoon to gather dough and roll into dough balls. My dough balls were made with approximately 3 tablespoons of dough.
- Place 6-8 dough balls onto your prepared baking sheet. Put the baking sheet in the oven. Baked for 11-12 minutes. You’ll know the cookies are done baking when the edges start to crisp and the cookie turns a light golden color. Cookies will continue to bake while cooling. Do not over bake! 11 minutes was the perfect bake time for my cookies.
- While the cookies are baking, begin to make your butter cream frosting. In a medium bowl, beat the butter and vanilla until smooth.
- Add in the powdered sugar a little bit at a time. Mix. Add in heavy cream or milk in a tablespoon at a time. Mix until you reach a smooth consistency that you like. Your frosting should not be runny.
- Put the frosting in a piping bag or ziplock bag. Set aside for later.
- When your cookies are fished baking allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack or parchment paper to finish cooling.
- Wait until the cookies are completely cooled to begin frosting. Cut a decent amount of the tip off of your bag. Start in the center of your cookie and begin spiraling the frosting on the cookie. Top the cookies with sprinkles.
- Try them out. They are delish!
Notes
- You want your frosting to be thick enough to hold its shape but not so thick that you can hardly squeeze it out of the piping bag. Add the heavy cream or milk in 1 tablespoon at a time. If you feel that it’s too thick add more heavy cream or milk. Don’t go crazy all at once though, or it’ll be too thin.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 11
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: 4th of July cookies, 4th of July sugar cookies, 4th of July buttercream cookies