Cranberry Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies
These cookies are delicious, unbelievably soft and they smell fantastic. Combination of sweet cookies and sour cranberries is just perfect
Ingredients
- COOKIES:
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup sugar
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup greek yogurt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- FROSTING:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoon whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries chopped
Instructions
- COOKIES - Combine flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a medium sized dish. Set aside.
- Put butter and sugar in a large dish. Mix it with electric mixer on lower speed for about a minute.
- Add an egg and mix some more, until well combined.
- Add Greek yogurt and vanilla and mix until it becomes creamy.
- Combine it well with dry ingredients. Leave it for 1h to rest.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking pan with parchment paper. Put pieces of dough in the pan, using spoon and arrange them to leave 1 to 2 inches of space between them. Bake for 8-10 min, until the edges become brown. Let them cool on wire rack.
- FROSTING - Combine powdered sugar, whipping cream and vanilla extract in a medium sized dish. Mix well until the mixture becomes smooth.
- Put frosting on top of completely cool cookies by spreading ½ a spoon of frosting on ½ of a cookie.
- Decorate with chopped cranberries right away, while frosting is still soft.
Notes
Serve fresh or keep at a room temperature for a couple of days.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 173kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 2gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 29mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21g
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