Sugar Cookie Donuts

Tomorrow is our conference championship for indoor track and I knew the runners would want to have some cookies after our races in order to hopefully celebrate another year of coming in first place!

Since everyone loves soft sugar cookies I thought I would try to make this classic a little more fun by making them into doughnut shapes complete with pink icing (I’m not planning on giving these ones to the boys team) and rainbow sprinkles.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Cookies-

2/3 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 ¼ teaspoons cream of tartar

¾ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

Icing-

2 cups confectioners' sugar

¼ cup butter

2 tablespoons & 1-1/2 teaspoons milk

½ teaspoon vanilla

Food coloring (your choice)

Sprinkles

Directions:

Cream the butter and slowly add the sugar and beat until fluffy. Add the eggs, mixing well after each addition.

Stir in the vanilla and then add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt into the creamed mixture.

Cover and chill dough overnight in the refrigerator.

Dough before it was chilled.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment paper. (*I find its easier if you spray your pan with pam and then place the parchment paper on top so it sticks better*).

Scoop the dough into small balls and roll the balls into ropes about 4 inches long and about 1/2 in diameter. Coil the ropes into round doughnut shapes, leaving a small hole in the middle.

Make sure to leave space between the cookies.

Place the cookies in the over for 7-9 minutes.

I used only 2 drops of coloring.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream together the confectioners' sugar and butter until smooth. Gradually mix in the milk and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth and stiff, around 5 minutes. Color with food coloring if you want. You can even separate the icing and color the icings different colors to make an array of different colored donuts.

 

Using a knife spread the icing onto the cooled cookies. Afterwards, lightly sprinkle the cookies with sprinkles.

This recipe makes 2 dozen, just like 2 boxes of donuts.