Description
These Halloween Sugar Cookies (Lofthouse Style!) are soft, fluffy, and incredibly delicious. Perfect for your Halloween festivities, they combine simple ingredients like butter, sugar, and sour cream to create a delightful treat that everyone will love!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- orange & purple & green food coloring
- halloween sprinkles
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cornstarch in a medium bowl; set aside.
- Cream softened unsalted butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract to the butter mixture, stirring in the sour cream until combined.
- Gradually mix in dry ingredients with wet until just combined; avoid overmixing.
- Shape dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 375°F when ready to bake.
- Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into circles with a 3-inch cookie cutter.
- Arrange cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 8–9 minutes, just until barely golden.
- Cool cookies completely before frosting them.
- Beat softened butter until fluffy then mix in powdered sugar and vanilla to create frosting.
- Gradually add milk until a smooth, spreadable consistency is reached, adjusting with more milk if needed.
- Divide frosting into three bowls, tint each with food coloring.
- Frost cookies using a piping bag or offset spatula and decorate with Halloween sprinkles.
Notes
Chill the dough for a firmer texture before rolling out.
Use food coloring in small amounts to achieve the desired color intensity for frosting.
Experiment with different sprinkles for varied festive looks.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg