Sugar Cookie Jar
Take my famous sugar cookies and put them in a jar! This fun twist on how to serve your sugar cookie.
Ingredients
Cookie
- 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp coconut extract
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 cups powdered sugar
Assemble
- 10 8 oz. Jars
Instructions
Cookies
- Place butter & sugar in a standing mixer. Mix until combined, then whip on high for 1-2 minutes until mixture is lighter in color
- Add extracts, eggs & egg yolks. Mix until just combined
- In a separate bowl mix salt, powder & flour
- Turn standing mixer on low and slowly pour in dry ingredients. Stop mixing as soon as the dough comes together
- Place dough on parchment paper, cover with plastic wrap and roll out
- Place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, up to 3 days
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees **Note: Convection setting is great for cookies**
- Take out of fridge and cut with cookie cutter (I do plain circles because they will be going into a jar)
- Place on a light metal pan lined with parchment paper
- Bake for 9 minutes
- Take out of the oven and allow to sit on pan for 5-10 minutes. Remove from pan to finish cooling
Frosting
- In a standing mixer add butter & cream cheese, mix until combined
- Pour in extracts and sugar, mix until combined
- Once combined, turn mixer up to high and whip for 1-2 minutes until lighter in color
Assemble
- Once cookies have cooled break them up into chunks
- Take a jar and pour in cookie crumbles
- Pipe on a layer of frosting
- Repeat twice & close the jar
Nutrition
Calories: 1070kcal Carbohydrates: 137g Protein: 8g Fat: 56g Saturated Fat: 34g Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g Monounsaturated Fat: 15g Trans Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 217mg Sodium: 216mg Potassium: 111mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 102g Vitamin A: 1822IU Calcium: 88mg Iron: 2mg