These Knockoff Swig Sugar Cookies are fantastic! Almost everyone one who tastes these cookies, dubbs them THE BEST SUGAR COOKIE THEY HAVE EVER HAD. I have to agree. I like them so much I made a Swig Sugar Cookie Bar Recipe. It is awesome because it is so quick and easy to make the bars instead of taking the time to form and frost the individual cookies.
These sugar cookies are a knockoff of a cookie you can get at a drink place in the west. I have never been there but found a recipe for them and decided to try it. The recipe had cream-of-tartar in it, and I don’t usually keep that on hand. So I made a minor adjustment to the recipe, and they turned out amazing!
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how to make knockoff swig sugar cookies
- COOKIES:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare two cookie sheets with cooking spray or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer, thoroughly cream butter, oil, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar until combined.
- Add egg, water, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
- Next, add flour and sprinkle in salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix for approx. 1 minute or until completely combined.
- Using a cookie scoop, place balls of dough 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
- Use the 1/4 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.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes. Do not overbake.
- Let cookies cool completely, and then frost with frosting recipe below.
- FROSTING:
- 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.
- Frost cookies when they are completely cooled.
I am making a batch for a party tomorrow. Can’t wait to have more in the house. YUMMY!
No matter which way you make these Swig Sugar Cookies, you can’t go wrong. You need to make them right now!!! Really! 🙂
Tips for making Knockoff Swig Sugar Cookies
- You can make dough balls with your hands if you don’t have a cookie scoop. Shape and roll the dough into the size of golf balls.
- Spray the bottom of the glass cup with cooking spray for the first dip so the sugar will stick to it.
- When pressing the glass onto the dough balls, don’t press them too thin. You want the thickness to be 1/4- 1/2-inch thick.
- Make sure not to overbake the cookies, or they will turn out dry and crumbly.
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Delicious Cookie Bar Recipes
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.
Author: Maria
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
- COOKIES:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare two cookie sheets with cooking spray or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer, thoroughly cream butter, oil, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar until combined.
- Add egg, water, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
- Next, add flour and sprinkle in salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix for approx. 1 minute or until completely combined.
- 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.)
- 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.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes. Do not overbake.
- Let cookies cool completely, and then frost with frosting recipe below.
- FROSTING:
- 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.
- Frost cookies when they are completely cooled.
Candy Perfect for Christmastime
My daughters are constantly talking about how amazing these cookies are in Utah! I haven’t personally ever tried them, since I live in Switzerland at the moment but I am really excited to give these a try. Powdered sugar here is super grainy and doesn’t make a smooth frosting so I think I will try to Nutrabullet it and add a bit of cornstarch. My personal favorite cookie has always been the sugar cookies that my father, a professional German baker, used to make and sell at Allen’s Supersave market in Orem. He always surprised my school class on my birthday, which was close to Valentine’s day, with huge heart sugar cookies with the most amazing smooth red glaze. He even personalized every cookie with the name of my classmates. For a shy and unpopular girl such as me, it was amazing to be the hit once a year. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us.
What a sweet story! I love food memories! I hope these turned out well for you!
These are so good!! I’ll be making them again soon with my Christmas baking.
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Yay! Thanks Kim!