Cornbread meets sugar cookies! Some of you may be thinking hmm, that sounds strange. Let me just tell you these are one of the best sugar cookies you will ever eat, yes I'm going to brag a little =). They are such an exciting twist on the classic bakery style sugar cookies. These still hold true to all the wonderful characteristics you find in a perfect sugar cookie. They are fluffy, tender, sweet, and undeniably delicious. These are one of my families favorite desserts. I have to give some away or I will just devour them all on my own.
You could also make Cornbread Sugar Cookie Squares with Honey Butter Frosting which are nearly the same but in bar form. I adapted both that recipe and this one from my Sugar Cookie Squares and Sugar Cookies recipes, I decided to experiment one day and came up with these. They are everything you love about honey buttered cornbread and soft, frosted sugar cookies combine into one. If you ask me I think they are good enough and exciting enough to be the next new cookie craze!
Cornbread Sugar Cookies
Yields about 2 dozen
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups corn flour (this is NOT cornmeal, cornstarch or masa harina)*
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon juice
1 recipe Honey Butter Frosting, recipe follows
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl whisk together, all-purpose flour, corn flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer whip together butter and sugar until light and fluffy about 3-4 minutes. Stir in egg and egg yolk. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and lemon juice. Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix until well incorporated. Form dough into balls by the heaping tablespoon fulls then place on cookies sheets and flatten dough balls evenly to about 1/2" with your hands. Bake in preheated oven for 9-11 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting with Honey Butter Frosting.
*You can usually find this in the health foods section or gluten free section of the grocer or supermarket. If you can't find it there you can also purchase it online here.
Honey Butter Frosting
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup honey
2 cups powdered sugar
1/8 tsp salt
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, whip together all ingredients until light and fluffy about 1 - 2 minutes.
Recipe Source: Cooking Classy
