
Swig Cookies Recipe

I have a weakness for sweets but more than that cookies. Cookies are my soft spot. Iced cookies? Well, those are a little bit of sunshine in a perfect little bundle. Don’t you agree? What’s your favourite type of cookie? Mine are similar to these right here – iced and sweet and soft cookies. Yum! Swig cookies are pretty famous but you can make your own now with this copycat variation on a traditional cookie.

You can tell with these ones that they will be soft and delicious as soon as you read the list of ingredients. Sour cream makes things so moist and flavourful sometimes.
Looking good so far! You won’t be able to stop at just one with these.

Swig Cookies Recipe
Sweet sugary Swig cookies with icing. These are bound to be a bakesale hit!
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- ¾ C vegetable oil
- 1¼ C white sugar
- ¾ C powdered sugar
- 2 TBSP water
- 2 eggs room temp
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cream of tarter
- 1 tsp salt
- 5½ C all purpose flour
- Also
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 TBSP salt
- Frosting:
- 6 TBPS butter room temp
- ½ C sour cream
- 3 C powdered sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 3-5 TBPS milk
- ½ tsp. almond extract
- red gel food colouring
Instructions
- -Cream together the butter, oil, sugars, water and eggs- set to the side
- -In a separate bowl, combine ALL dry ingredients and mix lightly
- -Slowly add 1/2 to 1 C of the dry mix to the butter mixture- mix lightly continue this step until all ingredients are combined
- -Mix until well blended
- -Dough will not stick together very well it is very flaky
- -Roll dough into golf ball sized balls with your hands and then place the dough on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Step 2 ( preparing cookie to bake )
- -Mix 1/4 C of white sugar and a pinch of salt in a small bowl.
- -Take a tall glass, dip it into the bowl with the mixture of sugar and salt.
- -Now place the bottom of a glass that has the mixture on it and then press it onto your ball of dough.
- -Press down hard to give the cookies their cracked edges. (These should extend beyond the size of the glass)
- Baking
- -Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
- -Remove from the cookie from the baking pan after cooling for 10 minutes and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
- -After completely cooled place in a storage container and keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Now make the frosting:
- Frosting:
- Ingredients:
- TBPS butter, room temp
- ½ C sour cream
- C powdered sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- -5 TBPS milk
- ½ tsp. almond extract
- red gel food colouring
- Directions
- - Blend soft butter, sour cream, powdered sugar, salt, 1 drop food coloring and almond extract.
- -Mix well.
- -If needed add drops of milk until you get it to the thickness you want.
- -Spread frosting on cookies right before serving
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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31 Comments
Robin (Masshole Mommy)
Those sound absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to make them for my family!
Kay Adeola
Oh wow these look amazing,I need to get myself in to the kitchen and give these a try :).
Jaime
These look wonderful! I know my entire family would enjoy them.
Maureen
Those are beautiful little cookies. I’ve never heard of the term, but they look delicious.
Jeanine
Yum these look and sound fantastic! I love the look of the frosting. I will be trying these asap!
aimee fauci
I bet the icing is amazing. I love powered sugar and these certainly have some in them. They also seem easy.
Heather
I think my sister in law made these. They are delicious!
Tiffany Collins (@Naturalycracked)
This looks AMAZING! We love baking and I often bake in the kitchen with my students. I will be sharing this with my fellow staff. YUM! Thanks for sharing!
Stefany
These are so cute. I can’t wait to make them!!!
Liz Mays
They do sound like delicious treats. I wouldn’t mind whipping up some cookies like these!
Pam
These look so good. I love the canisters for your ingredients too!
celebbabylaundry
These cookies look really nice! I would really love to try them out myself; I’ll make them this weekend/
Lois Alter Mark
Cookies are my weakness too and those look amazing! Will definitely have to try them.
Mama to 5 BLessings
Those cookies remind me of my daughter, she loves pink. These cookies look delicious!
Amber NElson
Wow, these cookies look amazing. I need to try these.
Theresa
They look so light and soft. I’d probably eat the whole batch in one sitting!
Pam
These not only look delicious but are just so pretty. Love that pink frosting! My favorite cookie is oatmeal chocolate chip. I don’t make them too often because I tend to not be able to control myself.
Tess
Those look awesome! I’ve been wanting to try a New cookie recipe
Fariha N.
These cookies look so good. I love the pink icing, so yummy! I can’t wait to try these.
Rosey
Those cookies are so delicious looking. I like the pink frosting too.
April G
I’ve never heard of swig cookies. I have all of the ingredients, I’ll have to try them out.
Lisa Rios
These cookies looks very much awesome and delicious. It looks like so easy to prepare and I bet my kids would definitely love this. Will have to try this yummy treat for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Life as a Convert
These look great. I can imagine putting a pink lemonade icing on top.
April @ Everyday Fitness and Nutrition
I love frosted cookies too! These look great and I’m sure my family would love them.
SusanF - ofeverymoment
Pinning these – but I will wait to try them when my kids are home so I don’t eat the whole batch! Visiting from Sunday Features.
Natasha in Oz
They look too pretty to eat! What a great recipe-I’m pinning it right now!
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Nancy Crisco
These look awesome!! Always looking for a new cookie recipe. Going to make them now. Will give a report this afternoon!
Michele @ Alwayzbakin
I’ve wanted to try these for so long. They look SO good! Love the pink frosting. My favorite color! ;-D
Jessy @ The Life Jolie
These are so pretty and they sound delicious- perfect for a bridal or baby shower!
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Natalie
These look really good! I can totally make a vegan version of these!
Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Garden
These look so delicious! thanks for sharing your recipe at the #HomeMattersParty