Happy Friday! Sharing my newest yummy sugar cookie with you, Cotton Candy Cut Out Cookies. 🍪💕
It’s really just my sugar cookie recipe with a new unique flavouring, Jenna Rae Cakes Cotton Candy Flavour. This post isn’t sponsored, but Jenna Rae and Ashley Nicole, co-owners of Jenna Rae Cakes and Sweet Treats, sent me a sample months ago, and I’ve been wanting to try this distinctive flavour ever since.
I’m happy to report that it didn’t disappoint. I loved the hint of candy taste to my sugar cookies, and I’m fairly certain they’d be a hit with most kids.
I used them for my Seaside Cookies here.
Hope you enjoy making and eating these too, and happy to help if you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line below or on social media. You can find me on on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.
Happy baking and nibbling!
xo,
Marian
Cotton Candy Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
Cotton Candy Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups salted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp cotton candy flavouring
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugars together in the bowl of an electric mixer on low speed. (Use the paddle attachment). Mix until thoroughly incorporated – for about one minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a plastic spatula and mix again for a few seconds more. Over mixing the butter and sugar in this step will cause too much air to be incorporated into the dough. If you'd like a light and fluffy cookie, that's ideal, however the dough will spread more during baking; not ideal if you'd like the cookie to hold its shape.
- Add eggs slowly and mix. Scrape down the bowl with your spatula at least once and mix again. Add cotton candy flavouring and mix.
- Add the flour in 2 or 3 stages to the bowl and mix on low speed for about 30 seconds to 1 minute, and observe the dough mixing. When it starts to come together and the dough clumps around the paddle attachment and peels away from the sides of the mixer, it should be the right texture. You can also test the dough by pinching it between your thumb and index finger. If it’s soft but not sticky, it’s just right. If it’s too sticky when you pinch it between your fingers, add flour, ¼ cup at a time, and mix until you’re happy with the texture.
- Roll the dough out between 2 large pieces of parchment paper. Place on a baking sheet and into the fridge or freezer for a minimum of 1 hour.
- Cut out cookie shapes. Place on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Re-roll scraps and repeat. If your dough gets too soft to work with, place in the fridge or freezer periodically to firm up again.
- Once all cut out, put cookie dough shapes back into the fridge or freezer for 10 minutes to 1 hour to chill again. They will then hold their shape better when baked.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F or 176°C.
- Bake cookies for 8-12 minutes or until the edges become golden brown. The baking time will depend on the size of your cookie.
- Let cookies cool to room temperature and decorate if you like! If you’re new to decorating cookies, I have basic cookie decorating tutorials with everything you’ll need to know to begin on my blog. Have fun!
Maria Lennartz says
Hi Marian,
Beautiful seaside cookies! I love your sugar cookie recipe! I’m going to try it myself!
ML
marian says
Thanks, enjoy Maria! xo
Kristin says
Hello! I’m picking some of this up today as Jenna Rae Cakes is local to me (yay!). My daughter loves cotton candy, I’ll be making mermaid cookies for her. Can I use this to flavor the icing instead of the cookie? Should I add it to both or would that be too much?
marian says
Hi Kristin, how great is that, that Jenna Rae Cakes is local to you! You absolutely can use this flavor for the icing. I haven’t tried both, so I can’t share advice on that one, sorry. Happy baking!
Bethany says
So glad I found this recipe!! Can you tell me what you flavored your icing with? Complementary to the cotton candy cookie or plain?
marian says
Thanks Bethany! I just used vanilla royal icing. (plain).
Mary says
Can I cut your sugar cookie recipe in half without compromising the taste?
marian says
Hi Mary, yes you can.
nicole says
How thin do you roll your dough? Thank you!
marian says
Hi Nicole,
About 1/4 inch