Donut Sugar Cookies

Donut Sugar Cookies… simply too darling!

Whenever you see a baked treat as cute as these donut cookies on Tabler Party of Two, you know that TPOT contributor Shandi Tabler has been busy in her kitchen. These look almost too adorable to bite into! Almost.

The secret to making these donut sugar cookies is this Wilton Mini Donut pan.

Isn’t that nifty? A pan that makes donuts and the cutest cookies imaginable!

Donut Sugar Cookies

2016-02-03 16:24:14

These Donut Sugar Cookies are about the cutest cookies ever! Make them with a Wilton donut pan!

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Ingredients

1. FOR COOKIES
2. 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3. 1 cup granulated white sugar
4. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5. 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
6. 1 egg
7. 2 teaspoons baking powder
8. 3 cups all purpose flour
9. FOR ROYAL ICING
10. 4 cups (about 1 lb.) confectioners' sugar
11. 6 tablespoons warm water
12. 3 TB meringue powder
13. Icing bottles

Instructions

1. FOR COOKIES
2. Preheat oven to 350° F
3. In the bowl of your mixer, cream butter and sugar until smooth
4. Beat in extracts and egg
5. In a separate bowl, combine baking powder with flour and add dry mixture a little at a time to the wet ingredients. (Dough will be very stiff. If it becomes too stiff for your mixer, turn out the dough onto a countertop surface. Wet your hands and then finish kneading your dough by hand.)
6. Lightly spray donut pan with cooking spray.
7. Fill each donut in pan 1/2 full, as the cookies will rise.
8. Gently pat down the dough with fingertips.
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies start to turn golden. (Once you remove the cookies from the oven, they will continue to bake a bit)
10. Cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.
11. While cookies are cooling, make the royal icing and set out set out your sprinkles to get ready for the best part...decorating them!
12. FOR ROYAL ICING
13. Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer, 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer).
14. Separate frosting in bowls to mix in different colors with food coloring.

Notes

1. For stiffer royal icing, add powdered sugar one tablespoon at a time.
2. For the thinner icing, add more water, an additional teaspoon at a time, until you reach desired consistency.
3. When decorating the donut cookies, use a plastic bag or piping bag to drizzle icing.
4. Royal icing will keep at least a month.
5. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

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I adore those gold sprinkles!

There are so many endless and creative options to decorating these. These heart sprinkles would be so adorable!

Prefer to buy some of these darling cookies for Valentine’s Day? Well, it’s absolutely possible IF you live near San Antonio, TX! Just check out The White Kitten Bakes, where Shandi shares her sweet treats!

xoxo,

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P.S. Love pretty sweets? Check out these precious Meringue Cookies, too!