grandma's sugar cookies with brown butter icing

Name: Grandma's Sugar Cookies with Brown Butter Icing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: SUGAR COOKIES; 1/2 cup(s) shortening; 1/2 cup(s) white sugar; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 1/8 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; BROWN BUTTER ICING; 1/4 cup(s) butter; 3/4 cup(s) powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) water

(4 ratings)

review

Blue Ribbon Recipe by

Melodee Fiske

@MelFiske

Mesa, AZ

My grandma used to make these for us growing up. I got a hold of this recipe when she passed away so her legacy can live on... and now hopefully it will become a part of yours! My sister and I made over a hundred of these cookies for a Halloween Trunk or Treat party. So many people stopped by our "Holy Rollin' Bakery" that night. We even took home 2nd prize!

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Grandma's sugar cookies with brown butter icing recipe only makes a dozen cookies, so it's good if you're looking to make a small batch of cookies. The sugar cookie is crisp around the edges and soft and tender in the center. What makes these amazing, though, is the brown butter icing. Browning the butter adds a deep, rich flavor to the icing. It takes a delicious sugar cookie and makes them even better.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew

(4 ratings)

yield 1 serving(s)

prep time 15 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

Ingredients For grandma's sugar cookies with brown butter icing

SUGAR COOKIES
1/2 c

shortening
1/2 c

white sugar
1 lg

egg
1 tsp

vanilla extract
1 1/8 c

all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp

baking soda
1/2 tsp

salt
BROWN BUTTER ICING
1/4 c

butter
3/4 c

powdered sugar
1 tsp

water

How To Make grandma's sugar cookies with brown butter icing

Test Kitchen Tips

Add the powdered sugar a little at a time until you achieve the proper consistency for your frosting.

1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cream together shortening, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract.

2
In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking soda, and salt.
3
Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.
4
Use a cookie scoop or a 2 Tbsp measuring spoon to scoop and drop cookies onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
5
Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
6
Remove from oven and cool.
7
Put 1/4 cup of butter into a saucepan over medium to medium-high heat. The butter will melt and then come to a boil. Allow the butter to cook until the bubbles have died down and you are left with brown butter.
8
Add in powdered sugar a little at a time. After the sugar has been mixed in, add about 1 tsp of water so the frosting becomes a spreading consistency. If the frosting is watery or it appears the sugar hasn't absorbed all of the butter, add more powdered sugar.
9
When the cookies have cooled, gently frost the cookies with the brown butter frosting.
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