Lofthouse Style Sugar Cookies
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Category
Dessert
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Cusine
American
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 tsp cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup salted butter
1/4 cup all vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg white
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
6 Tbsp salted butter
3 cups powdered sugar
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 Tbsp half-and-half
food coloring
Directions
Sift flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt into a large bowl, then whisk it just a few times, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, on medium speed, whip together butter, shortening and sugar until very pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes, scrapping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add in egg and mix until combine, then add egg white, vanilla and almond extract and mix until combine. With mixer running, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combine. Shape dough into a ball and transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 during the last 10 minutes of refrigeration. Remove dough from refrigerator and sprinkle a clean work surface and top of dough lightly with cake flour. Evenly roll dough out to 1/3-inch thickness . Cut into desired shapes . Transfer to Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheets. Bake in preheated oven 8 - 11 minutes . Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet several minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool. Cool completely then frost with Vanilla Frosting and add sprinkles if desired . Store in an airtight container at room temperature.