MAKE YOUR OWN CRUMBLED COOKIES

Sugar cookies are a staple at our house during the holidays. But sometimes I get a craving for a sugar cookie with almond-flavored icing on a Tuesday in June.

I try to push the craving into the next month, but who wants to turn on the oven in July?

. This sugar cookie recipe features baking staples, including 2 tablespoons of sour cream and almond extract for the icing.

In an attempt to halve the recipe, I encountered a math problem: converting 2/3 cup into tablespoons.

So I did what I did on the ACT and took a guess!

I wish I had found this baking measurement cheat sheet, but then I would not have made these bite-sized crumbled cookies .

sugar cookies with almond flavoring icing tinted blue, red and white

It worked because these cookies tasted amazing.

The taste was not the issue.

In this week’s episode of Baking Blunders with Laura, I let the cookies “cool” a little too long on the baking sheet, making them a wee bit crumbly.

As a result, my attempt to cut them into rectangle-shaped sugar cookiesand to decorate them with red, blue, and white almond-tinted icing.

My vision was to create a flag from rectangular sugar cookies with red, white, and blue-tinted icing.

After trimming the edges, my rectangular sugar cookie bars looked more like poker chips than the American flag.

I almost tossed them, but one taste of the sugar cookie and icing, and I decided they were too yummy to toss.

DO THIS WHEN THE COOKIES CRUMBLES

Ironically, my cookie crumbles were the result of a baking mishap.

For fun, I checked out the history of the franchise, CRUMBL, and their dirty dough drama.

My recipe is drama-free! Thank you for stopping by – please share for others to find!

laura

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with foil (for thicker bars, use a smaller baking sheet).
In a large bowl, sift flour, baking powder & salt in a separate bowl
Cream butter and sugar for about 3 minutes. Add egg, sour cream, and vanilla
Slowly add the flour mixture. Press the dough onto the baking sheet, and bake for about 14 minutes until edges are lightly golden
ICING INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/4 cup half-and-half or whole milk
1 tsp. vanilla1/2 tsp. almond extract
Sprinkles etc.

BAKE

Press the dough onto the baking sheet, and bake for 14-17 minutes until the edges are lightly golden.

Once cookie bars are cool, decorate these cute cookies!

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