Knockoff Swig Sugar Cookie..."Knockoffs" {TMH}
 
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Melt in your mouth sugar cookies. Dubbed the best sugar cookies in the world by almost everyone who tastes them.
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Serves: 48
Ingredients
  • 1 cup softened butter
  • ¾ cup Canola or Vegetable oil
  • 1¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 5½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • large pinch of baking soda (approx. ⅛ of a tsp)
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar for dipping glass in to smash dough balls down
  • FROSTING:
  • ½ cup softened butter
  • 2 ounces softened cream cheese
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 2-3 tbsp milk or cream
Instructions
  1. COOKIES:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Prepare two cookie sheets with cooking spray or parchment paper. Set aside.
  4. Using a stand mixer, thoroughly cream butter, oil, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar until combined.
  5. Add egg, water, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
  6. Next, add flour and sprinkle in salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix for approx. 1 minute or until completely combined.
  7. Using a cookie scoop, place balls of dough 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. (You can make dough balls with your hands if you don't have a cookie scoop.)
  8. Use the ¼ cup extra sugar from the recipe to dip the bottom of a glass cup in. Gently press the glass down on the dough ball to flatten it into a circle. Repeat with all of the dough balls on the cookie sheet.
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes. Do not overbake.
  10. Let cookies cool completely, and then frost with frosting recipe below.
  11. FROSTING:
  12. In a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer, cream butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla. Add in the milk or cream until nice and smooth.
  13. Frost cookies when they are completely cooled.
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/knockoff-swig-sugar-cookies/