Birthday Cake Frosted Sugar Cookies

Remember those light & fluffy sugar cookies with the pastel pink frosting you'd beg your mom for every time you went to the grocery store? This is their older, more mature cousin.

Made with better ingredients, better flavor, and the same nostalgic vibe you loved as a kid, but now with a homemade twist that actually tastes like something you'd want to eat as an adult. We promise these won't get stuck to the roof of your mouth or make your teeth ache from all the sugar.

These cookies are soft, cakey, and filled with that iconic grocery store sugar cookie flavor thanks to our Amoretti® Natural Birthday Cake Artisan Flavor. This product combines the best parts of a cake, the actual cake & the frosting, giving each cookie that unmistakable flavor.

Just a small amount adds depth and dimension you can't get from an almond or vanilla extract alone. Plus, those two flavors don't mirror the store-bought cookie flavor profile. Our Natural Birthday Cake Artisan Flavor makes these cookies taste exactly the same.

Ingredients

For the Cookies

• 5 tbsp unsalted butter
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 2 tsp Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla "European Style" Extract
• 2 tsp Amoretti® Natural Birthday Cake Artisan Flavor
• 1 tbsp milk of choice
• 2 cups of cake flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt

For the Frosting

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temp
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp milk of choice
• 1 tsp Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla "European Style" Extract
• 1 tsp Amoretti® Natural Birthday Cake Artisan Flavor
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4-5 drops (~1/4 tsp) Amoretti® Natural Purple Food Color
• Rainbow sprinkles

Directions

For the Cookies

1. Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line two sheet pans with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
2. In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add the butter and vegetable oil and whisk together on low speed until combined. Increase to medium high speed for 2 minutes until everything is smooth.
3. Keep the mixer going as you add in the granulated sugar utnil combined. Turn off the mixer and add the powdered sugar. Beat on low speed and slowly increase to medium
4. Add the egg, vanilla extract, Natural Birthday Cake Artisan Flavor, and milk. Beat on medium high until smooth. Be sure to scrape down the bowl!
5. Add the cake flour, baking pwoder, baking soda, and salt to the bowl and beat on low-speed until just combined.
6. Use a 1-ounce cookie scoop to portion out equal amount of dough (ball should be about 2 tablespoons). Roll the dough in your hands to smooth the edges. Place the dough balls 2 inches apart. About 6 cookies per tray.
7. Bake until the cookies have puffed up and are firm around the edges. About 13-14 minutes. 
8. Remove from the oven and rest on the pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack & let the cookies cool completely.

For the Frosting

1. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter, pwodered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, Natural Birthday Cake Artisan Flavor, and salt. Beat on medium speed until combine. Scrape down the edges of the bowl!
2. Add the 4-5 (about 1/4 tsp) drops of our Amoretti Natural Purple Food Color. This will leave you with a gorgeous light pink shade, trust us!
3. Then frost the cookies! Use an offset spatula & drop 2 tbsp of frosting on each cookie. Spread evenly & top with sprinkles.