Stacey Adimando

Animal Cookies with Frosting and Sprinkles

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Preparation info
  • Makes:

    2 Dozen

    Cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cookiepedia: Mixing Baking, and Reinventing the Classics
The Cookiepedia

By Stacey Adimando

Published 2011

  • About

Pulling together this simple dough is practically as easy as opening a box, but it’s loads more fun. The dough has a subtle cinnamon flavor, just like the store-bought version.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 eg

Method

  1. Beat the butter for a minute on its own, then add the sugar a little at a time. Take a break to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.

  2. Beat in the egg, then the vanilla, until both are fully incorporated. Time for the dry ingredients: Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon and add to the butter mixture half at a time. It might take