copycat smiley face cookies
soft sugar cookies with sweet vanilla icing and smiley face decoration
baked in July 2023
yield: 30 cookies
prep time: 30 minutes
cook time: 8 minutes
difficulty level: easy
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 2 eggs
- 5 cups flour, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Icing
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3 Tablespoons milk
- 3 Tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- gel food coloring
Directions
For the cookies:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and shortening together.
- Add eggs and mix until conbined.
- Add 1 cup flour, soda, salt, and baking powder.
- Combine milk and vanilla.
- Add milk/vanilla to creamed mixture alternating with remaining 4 cups flour.
- Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Roll dough onto lightly floured surface 1/4 inch thick.
- Use cookie-cutters to cut dough into large circles.
- Bake on an ungreased cookie sheetsfor 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges just begin to turn light golden brown.
For the icing:
- Add all of the incredients into a large bowl and mix until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
- Divide the icing into separate bowls and stir in the food coloring as desired.
- Spread the base color icing in a circle over the cookies. Let dry at least 30 minutes.
- Use other color icing to pipe smiley faces on the cookies.
- Icing could take one full day to fully set.
Nutrition
- Total calories: 6,952
- Calories per cookie: 232
