Infuse sugar cookies with coffee shop flavors and a creamy, dreamy frosting.
Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012
Anita Van Gundy
Des Moines, Iowa
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1
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package Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ refrigerated sugar cookies
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1/3
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cup baking cocoa
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4
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tablespoons Irish cream-flavored coffee syrup or Irish cream-flavored creamer
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1 1/4
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cups mixed nuts, chopped
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2
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cups powdered sugar
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3
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tablespoons unsalted or salted butter
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1/2
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teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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1
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to 2 tablespoons milk
Steps
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1
Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In large bowl, mix cookie dough, cocoa and 2 tablespoons of the flavored syrup with wooden spoon or knead with hands until well blended. Stir in 3/4 cup of the nuts. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
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2
Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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3
Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, remaining 2 tablespoons flavored syrup, vanilla and enough milk for desired frosting consistency with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes or until smooth.
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4
Frost cooled cookies; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup nuts. Store loosely covered.
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1
Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In large bowl, mix cookie dough, cocoa and 2 tablespoons of the flavored syrup with wooden spoon or knead with hands until well blended. Stir in 3/4 cup of the nuts. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
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2
Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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3
Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, remaining 2 tablespoons flavored syrup, vanilla and enough milk for desired frosting consistency with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes or until smooth.
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4
Frost cooled cookies; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup nuts. Store loosely covered.
NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 240
- Calories from Fat
- 110
% Daily Value
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 18%
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- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 17%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 30g
- 10%
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- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 22g
- Protein
- 2g
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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