Create a fun dessert with the kids using this easy recipe for frosted Donut Cookies made from sugar cookie dough. Topped with sprinkles, these cookies are a great party treat!
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Keyword donuts, royal icing, sprinkles, sugar cookies
Prep Time 1 hourhour20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 11 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour31 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Calories 293kcal
Author Meaghan Lamm
Ingredients
For the Cookies
2cupsFlour
¼tspSalt
¾cupSugar
¾cupsalted butter softened
1large egg
1tspVanilla
Sprinklesfor decorating
For the Icing
1 1/2cupsPowdered Sugar
3 1/2-4Tbsmilk
Pink gel food color
Instructions
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar. Mix in egg and vanilla then scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Sift in flour and salt. Mix until combined, being careful not to over mix.
Roll dough into a log that is roughly 2 inches in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until it's chilled enough that you can slice it.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove the dough log from the fridge and cut it into slices that are about 3/8" thick. Lay on a baking sheet and using a cupcake corer or the end of a piping tip cut a hole in the center of each cookie. Make sure the hole is large because it WILL shrink in the oven as the cookie spreads.
Bake at 325 degrees for about 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
Immediately transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
To decorate mix the powdered sugar and milk together until you reach a honey-like consistency. Add gel food color to your desired shade.
Place a sheet of parchment paper under your cooling rack to catch any drips and dip the completely cooled cookie into the icing. Allow the excess to drip off for a few seconds and then place it icing side up on your cooling rack. Poke the hole in the center with a toothpick so the icing doesn't settle there, and decorate with sprinkles.