Did you know the UTES went 12-0 this season and are playing in the SUGAR BOWL in New Orleans?? You did? Oh, well, sorry- didn’t mean to gush. UTE Sugar Bowl Cookies have a shortbread like texture. I made some last week and frosted half of the cookies with a cream cheese frosting and Brookie decorated the other half with decorator icing. Yum. GO UTES!!!
UTE Sugar Bowl Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- Sugar
Frosting:
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- dash salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3-4 tablespoons half and half
Instructions
- Sift the flour into a bowl and add the salt, baking soda and cream of tartar. Set aside.
- Combine the sugar, powdered sugar, butter, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl and beat well with an electric mixer. Sift the flour mixture again and gradually combine with the sugar mixture.
- Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour.
- Roll the dough into balls the diameter of a quarter. Place the dough on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Press the bottom of a glass into sugar; then press the glass into a cookie, making it almost flat.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes
For the frosting:
- Cream the butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar. Add salt, vanilla and half and half until desired spreading consistency. Frost cookies when completely cooled.
Notes
-This recipe calls for rolling the dough into balls, you can also roll out the dough after it is chilled, then cut into shapes. Bake as directed.
-I used a cookie scoop (about 3″) and made the cookies into large round cookies.
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