Pink Sugar Cookies

These pink sugar cookies are fun, festive and so easy to make! This one bowl recipe takes only 10 minutes to prep and 10 minutes to bake. No dough chilling required! These easy cookies are great for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, baby showers and more.

Author: Organically Addison

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 12 cookies

Calories: 321 kcal per serving

Ingredients

1 cup - cold butter
1 cup - granulated sugar
1 - egg
1 - egg yolk
1 ½ teaspoons - vanilla extract
2 ½ cups - flour
1 tsp - baking powder
pinch - sea salt
red food coloring

Instructions

First, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, add cold butter and sugar. Mix on high for 2 to 3 minutes or until no clumps of butter remain.
Then, add in egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
Add in flour, baking powder and sea salt. Stir to combine.
Add red food coloring one drop at a time. Continue stirring and adding food coloring until dough reaches desired pink color.
Use an ice cream scoop to scoop balls of cookie dough onto lined pan. Use hands to slightly flatten each ball of dough.
Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or until cookies are barely set in the middle.
Finally, remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

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