Happy Friday! After relaxing last weekend, it's been another busy week around here, with end of the school year activities, and still unpacking! Where does all this stuff come from? After next week, things should start slowing down here a bit, or at least for a short while! So excited, Katelyn graduates 6th grade next week! More to come!
Today I am, seriously thrilled to share with you these perfectly sweet and super soft cookies, that explode with bursts of fresh fruit flavor in your mouth. My husband was asking for something sweet again, and I was planning a chocolate cake for Katelyn's graduation party, so, I was thinking, something with lemon, something with key lime, or something pina/colada-ish! I came up with blank, nada, zilch, nothing! That is until I saw these on
Flickr.
These can be made really quickly with store bought Sugar cookie dough, frosting, and really any type of fruit you prefer!
For red, white and blue, I used strawberries, and blueberries.
I just made a batch of my favorite sugar cookie dough, and cream cheese frosting. It is the perfect sweet treat for any upcoming special event!
When it comes to rolling out the dough, a few things might surprise you.
One, I prefer to work in small batches, and by small batches, enough to make 6 cookies. Why?
If I make all of the cookies, they would all be gone, and I try to be considerate, as well as trying to be a little more health conscience, in cutting back the amount of sugar,
AND, the dough stays colder longer, which means I don't have to put it back in the fridge and wait until it gets cold, a second time,
AND finally, it's a perfect size for Lindsay to work with. I give her my fondant roller, and show her how to roll them out, by flipping and rotating the dough; makes it easier for her to work with.
LIFE HACK 101, why I didn't think of this sooner!
With all the unpacking, I found unbelievably ALMOST all of my baking tools, except for one!
You guessed it, my 2-inch round cookie cutter! Have no idea, where it is!! Has this ever happened to you??
I remember watching a cooking show, sorry I don't remember which one, I think it was Guy Fieri, and he was making biscuits, and using a Rocks glass to cut them out.
So I looked through all my glasses, (I have a rocks glass, but I have small hands, and it just didn't feel comfortable), then I found this plastic glass worked perfectly!
And then we were on a roll, me and Lindsay cutting cookies out, taking turns frosting and garnishing the cookies! This turned out to be a fun cookie decorating night!
Firecracker Sugar Cookies
Cookies:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup heavy cream
Frosting:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
4 oz. cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 Tbls. milk
Fresh Fruit for garnish
1.Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2.Cream butter and sugar for in a stand up mixer. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl. Then add the egg and beat until just blended. Again, scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl, and add the vanilla, and beat until well blended.
3.In large bowl stir together flour and baking powder; add alternatively with heavy cream to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
4. Gather dough into one large ball, and refrigerate for 1 hour. Lightly flour surface and rolling pin. Working in small batches; keeping remaining dough in refrigerator, roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick. Using a 2-in round cutter, cut cookies out!
5 .Bake 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookies are set.
6.Remove from oven, and transfer cookies off the cookie sheet to a wire rack. Cool completely.
7. Frost and garnish cookies with fresh fruit of choice!
Yields approximately 2 dozen cookies.
As always, I saved a couple cookies, especially for you!
Until next time!
xo Christine
