These sweet, frosted, cake-like cookies taste just like the ones you find in your supermarket bakery, only better.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 50 min |
| Active: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 18 cookies |
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 50 min |
| Active: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 18 cookies |
Ingredients
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- 3 cups cake flour, plus more for dusting (see Cook’s Note)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Light pink gel food coloring, for coloring the frosting
- Confetti sprinkles, for decorating
Instructions
- For the cookie dough: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
- Whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Mix the granulated sugar, butter and sour cream in the bowl of an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and egg and mix until combined. Reduce the speed to low, add the flour mixture and mix until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Using a 2-tablespoon ice cream scoop, drop level scoopfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, making sure to leave 2 inches between each cookie. Dip the bottom of a glass cup into some cake flour. Gently press the cup on top of each mound of dough and flatten until you get a 1 1/2-inch circle, flouring the bottom of the cup as needed. Use a wet finger to smooth out any rough sides.
- Bake until the cookies puff up and are pale yellow and barely starting to brown on the bottoms, about 20 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
- For the frosting: Meanwhile, mix the confectioners’ sugar, butter, cream, vanilla and 2 drops of the pink food coloring in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix until light, fluffy and almost doubled in size, about 3 minutes.
- Frost the cookies with the frosting and sprinkle with confetti sprinkles.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 18 servings |
| Calories | 295 |
| Total Fat | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Carbohydrates | 44 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 25 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Sodium | 90 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 18 servings |
| Calories | 295 |
| Total Fat | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Carbohydrates | 44 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 25 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Sodium | 90 mg |
Reviews
The cookies are tasty, but are more of a cake consistency than the loft house cookies from the store. Wondering if cornstarch is needed? Will be searching for another recipe to make true loft house, but everyone did like these, so may make again.
really good
“Now that I’m tasting it with the icing…I would say a four.” -Wife
Very tasty and easy to make. I would maybe change the vanilla to 1.5 t and .5 t almond extract to give just a tad more flavor. But overall a very good cookie.
My 4 year old and I made these. They were good but not as “buttery” as the store bought ones. If I had almond extract I would have used it to up the flavor.
Made these and they were a huge hit. The dough is hard to work with but once they’re in the oven the imperfections go away. My scoop made 24 cookies and the 20 min cook time was perfect.
I have been looking for a recipe for this type of cookie for a while so was happy to find this one. They came out delicious, I will definitely bake them again. As for the frosting, I took a shortcut and bought a can of Whipped White Frosting.
the icing doesn’t fluff up! i’ve tried doing everything perfectly! i’m really confused but they are good cookies!
These are pretty good! Add some almond extract to the frosting, bumps the frosting flavor way up and this makes them taste more like the loft house cookies. I feel like something is missing from the batter. Cant decide what that is….