Sparkling Summer Sugar Cookies
These adorable cookies would be a great addition to a bridal shower, a garden party or summer brunch. And use this sugar cookie recipe all year for all your favorite sugar cookie cut outs (and don’t forget fruit pizza, too!). They are that good!
Ingredients
For Cookies
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose, unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For Glaze
- 2 egg whites
- 48 pansy flowers, trimmed to lay flat
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- For cookies: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. With a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add vanilla and eggs. Mix.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to wet mixture and mix together until thoroughly incorporated and dough holds together. Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
- Meanwhile, prepare ingredients for glaze by putting each into a separate bowl (egg whites, flowers and sugar).
- Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into circle shapes using a glass jelly jar (canning-type jar). Arrange on ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 3 to 4 minutes, remove from oven and working quickly, lightly brush each cookie with egg white, add one pansy flower and press flat into cookie, re-glaze with egg white wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake additional 3 to 4 minutes or until very lightly golden brown.