Ultra Soft Candy Corn Sugar Cookies

These ultra soft candy corn sugar cookies are a breeze to make and have the absolute best texture and flavor. The perfect fun and festive Fall treat!

We are getting into the holiday season and I’m not one bit sad about it because I am beyond ready to push up my sleeves and start baking ALL the holiday treats. My kiddos are now just barely two years old and they are completely obsessed with helping me in the kitchen. Every day they say “help cookin! help cookin!” over and over until I sit them on the kitchen counter and let them help me fix dinner or dessert.

They get especially excited when we make cookies! Cookies are just so kid-friendly, it’s the first thing I ever remember baking with my mother when I was little. I loved when she would let me stir in the chocolate chips, or add sprinkles to the frosting. Even though I love baking just on my own, I enjoy watching my kids get involved more than anything else these days.

My little boy is particularly enthralled with cooking and baking and asks to “pour it” whenever a recipe calls for milk. I have to keep a close eye on him because he’s still so darn little, but he does a pretty great job of making sure it all gets into the bowl and he is so proud afterwards.

It makes my mama heart melt to see him getting involved in something I enjoy, and I really like showing him how one of his favorite things – milk! – can be incorporated into so many recipes, even sweet treats! Milk is the foundation for so many of our favorite recipes, whether we’re baking, braising or mixing in batter. Plus, pairing sweet treats (like these cookies!) with farm fresh, real dairy milk isn’t just a yummy snack – it’s an easy way to help make sure my kids are getting nutrients they need to grow up strong.

These ULTRA SOFT sugar cookies simply melt in your mouth and have the best texture and flavor. Even people who typically don’t care for sugar cookies fall in love with these babies. This week the kids and I took a few plates of these cookies to our neighbors and everyone raved about the taste, and how adorable and festive they are.

It seems like actual candy corn is a love-it or hate-it holiday confection for most people, but regardless of how you feel about the candy, these candy corn look-alike cookies will have you swooning. Pair a cookie with an 8-ounce glass of milk and enjoy!

Ultra Soft Candy Corn Sugar Cookies

These ultra soft candy corn sugar cookies are a breeze to make and have the absolute best texture and flavor. So fun and festive for Fall!

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Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

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Total Time: 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 32 cookies

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup salted butter - at room temperature
• ▢ ¾ cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 1 ½ cups granulated sugar - divided
• ▢ ¾ cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 4 tablespoons lowfat milk
• ▢ 2 large eggs - at room temperature
• ▢ 5 cups flour
• ▢ ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ▢ ¾ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon vanilla or almond extract - optional

Frosting

• ▢ 3 tablespoons salted butter - softened
• ▢ 3 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 2 ounces cream cheese - softened
• ▢ ½ teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
• ▢ 4-6 tablespoons lowfat milk - or more as needed
• ▢ yellow and red food coloring - as needed

Instructions

For the Cookies

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and very lightly grease a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, vegetable oil, 1 1/4 cups sugar, powdered sugar, milk, and eggs.

  In a second large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt.
• Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until dough comes together.

  Roll dough into balls (roughly the size of golf balls) and place on greased baking sheet 2-3 inches apart.
• Place remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a shallow dish. Press the bottom of a tall drinking glass into the cookie dough in the bowl (just to moisten the bottom of the glass, no cookie dough should stick to it), then dip into sugar. Press the bottom of the glass into the top of each cookie dough ball to flatten about halfway.
• Bake in preheated oven for 8-11 minutes until cookies look dry but not browned. Allow to cool on baking sheet for 4-5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Repeat process with remaining cookie dough.

For the Frosting

• To make the frosting, melt butter in a medium sauce pan. When butter is melted, continue to whisk over medium heat until butter turns from yellow to a golden color. Remove from heat. In a medium bowl cream together butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until smooth and spreadable. 
• Divide the frosting between three bowls. Whisk yellow food coloring into one bowl, and red and yellow into a second bowl to make orange frosting. Spread white frosting on 1/3 of one cookie, followed by orange and yellow frosting to cover the cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies, serve with an 8-ounce glass of milk.

Notes

Store in airtight container in fridge up to one week. 

Nutrition

Calories: 278 kcal, Carbohydrates: 39 g, Protein: 3 g, Fat: 13 g, Saturated Fat: 9 g, Trans Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 30 mg, Sodium: 144 mg, Potassium: 43 mg, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 23 g, Vitamin A: 256 IU, Calcium: 13 mg, Iron: 1 mg

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Author: Tiffany

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