Searching for Harry Potter Cookies? You discovered them! Impressed by Harry Potter’s scar, these lightning bolt sugar cookies rejoice our favourite boy wizard.
That is my favourite sugar cookie recipe. These cookies are tremendous tender and have a fairly lengthy shelf life. You possibly can simply make them a few days earlier than your occasion.
You possibly can after all depart these plain for those who favor however I really like frosted sugar cookies. I tinted the frosting yellow and added white sprinkles however white frosting with yellow sprinkles would even be stunning!
I baked these cookies for the yard Harry Potter Picnic I threw for my niece, Cali, who simply began studying Harry Potter. She was delighted by these candy treats!
Harry Potter Cookies
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
2 massive eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Lightning bolt cookie cutter
Vanilla frosting, recipe follows
Yellow meals coloring, white sprinkles
- Cream collectively butter and shortening. Add sugar and blend till completely included. Add eggs one by one, mixing effectively after every addition. Add vanilla extract. Sift collectively flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter-sugar combination.
- Divide the dough into fourths, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill at the very least two hours or in a single day.
- Preheat oven to 400 levels. On a flat floor sprinkled with flour, roll one disk of dough to desired thickness. (I favor thick sugar cookies.) Reduce out with lightning bolt cookie cutter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 5-7 minutes or till simply turning golden on the perimeters and funky utterly. Repeat with remaining dough. Frost and enhance!
Vanilla Frosting
3 cups powdered sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp milk
Yellow meals coloring
- Beat butter till fluffy. Add 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and mix effectively. Add 1 Tbsp milk and mix till it’s beginning to appear like frosting. Add remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1 Tbps milk, and a couple of tsp vanilla extract. Add a bit extra milk for those who want it to get your required consistency. Tint frosting yellow with meals coloring.
