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swig cookies

Swig Cookies Recipe

Paula Schuck
Sweet sugary Swig cookies with icing. These are bound to be a bakesale hit!
5 from 8 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 2 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • Ingredients
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter
  • ¾ C vegetable oil
  • 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
  • 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
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