Swig Sugar Cookies

my rating: 5 stars

kids' rating: 4 stars

I'm sure this recipe is everywhere by now, but just in case you've been under a rock for the past 10 years, this is a pretty good version of the real deal 

Cookies

Ingredients

1 C butter, room temp

3/4 coconut oil

1 1/4 C sugar

3/4 C powdered sugar

2 T water

2 eggs

1/2 t baking soda

1/2 t cream of tartar

1 t salt

5 1/2 C flour

Cream together butter, oil, sugars, water and eggs. Combine dry ingredients and slowly add to the butter mixture. Mix until everything is combined. Your dough should be a little crumbly and not sticky at all. Roll a golf ball sized ball of dough and place it on a cookie sheet.

Now it's time to give these babies their signature rough edge. Put 1/4 C sugar and a pinch of salt in a dish. Stick the bottom of a glass in it. This is going to be your cookie press. 

Firmly press into into each dough ball. You want your dough to spill out over the sides of the glass. If there is a lip, it is even better.

Bake at 350° for 8 minutes. They should just barely be browning on the bottom. Move cookies to a cooling rack. 

Sour Cream Frosting

(this is where I'm going to get snobby and say that this recipe is better than all the other ones out there)

1 stick room temperature butter

3/4 c sour cream

approximately 1 2-lb package of powdered sugar (I never use the whole thing, but like having extra on hand, in case I add in too much milk)

1 t salt

1/4 cup milk

red food coloring

Start my creaming together butter, sour cream, and salt. Slowly add powdered sugar. When it gets so thick it's not frosting-like, add a splash of milk. Alternate this process until your frosting is the desired consistency. Add one drop of food coloring and whip on high for 1 minute. 

Keep cookies in a sealed container in the refrigerator until they are ready to serve. The magic of the best swig cookie is that the cookies are cold and the frosting is room temperature. Frost right before serving. If you make them in advance, make sure you give it time to warm up a bit before serving.