These sugar cookies are flavored with cheesecake flavoring in the dough and in the icing. This recipe is for rolling and cutting out cookies and the icing dries firm.
I used the cheesecake flavoring from Dolce Foglia Cheesecake Flavoring in this recipe. It is highly concentrated so a little goes a long ways. If you are using a Cheesecake emulsion or regular extract, then start checking I suggest 2 teaspoons in the cookie dough and 1 teaspoon in the icing recipe.
Cheesecake Sugar Cookie Cut Outs
Print RecipeIngredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon cheesecake flavoring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- ICING:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1/8 teaspoon cheesecake flavoring
Instructions
In the bowl of an electric mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the butter and beat on medium-high speed until pale and glossy. Add the sugar to the butter and mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the egg to the mixture. Mix until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and cheesecake flavoring to the mixture, and mix until incorporated.
Change the mixer speed to low and slowly add the nutmeg, flour, baking powder and salt to the wet ingredients. Mix on medium-low until just combined. Remove the bowl from the mixer and use a rubber scraper to ensure all the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
Dump the cookie dough onto a piece of parchment paper and flatten out into a disk (approximately 1/4-inch thickness), and chill in the refrigerator for one hour. If leaving the cookie dough in the fridge for longer than a couple hours, then wrap with plastic wrap.
Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350-degrees and line 2-3 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside. Use desired cookie cutters to cut out your cookies. Re-roll leftover dough out and continue to cut out cookies until all dough is used.
Bake cookies, one cookie sheet at a time, in 350-degree oven for 12-16 minutes. Bake time will depend on the size of your cookies, but cookies are done when the cookies are very lightly colored on top and around the edges. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for 5-minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
ICING:
Once cooled, mix together the powdered sugar, water, corn syrup and cheesecake flavoring. Add more sugar for thicker consistency or more water for a looser consistency.
Add icing to a piping bag and ice each cookie. Top with sprinkles.
Notes
Amount of cookies and the bake time will vary on the cookie cutters you use and how large and thick or thin you make your cookies. If you make your cookies thinner, then start checking after 10-minutes.
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