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Small Batch Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

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Lofthouse sugar cookies recipe: a small batch of the copycat grocery store sugar cookies with colorful frosting and sprinkles.

Small batch sugar cookies recipe for two

Hey there! Did you miss me yesterday? I don’t think I’ve ever missed a Monday post in the 6 years I’ve been writing this blog. Back when I gave birth on a Friday, I checked in on Monday.

Anyway, on Saturday I skipped a meal because life was crazy, which lead to a little hypoglycemia attack. The cure for hypoglycemia is just to eat something—ANYTHING! But I just couldn’t. Nothing sounded good. I sucked on a few crackers, and made my bed of misery. Luckily, my sweet husband saved me with trashy tv on the ipad—none other than The Bachelor. I spent Saturday night not entirely sure if my sickness was brought on by blood sugar spikes or if it coincided with every time Lace acted insecure and crazy. (Make eye contact with me!!!)

Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies (small batch dessert for two)

Anyway, I got a few hours of sleep, and then spent all of Sunday trying to think of games to play with Camille that involved me laying on the floor asleep while she entertained herself. Death warmed over, I was. I finally caved and drove my sorry self to Arby’s. I’m not proud, but a giant curly fry order and a Dr. Pepper really cured me.

All this to say, eating super duper healthy and doing a pantry purge so there is nothing in the house to snack on is dangerous. I’m now convinced my body needs a healthy amount of fried food and sugar on the reg. Not only did sweet baby Jesus grant me salvation, but he also made my body require sugar and fried food. Hashtag blessed.

So, COOKIES. Have you had Lofthouse cookies? You totally have. They are the cookies the grocery stores sell with the thick frosting and pretty sprinkles. Lofthouse sugar cookies are super soft and puffy, and the icing is so sweet it’ll make your teeth hurt. But, the sprinkles make you smile!

These cookies are my husband’s kryptonite.

So, I scaled them down to make a mere half dozen so we wouldn’t be tempted to binge on 2 dozen cookies in 48 hours. It’s totally happened. More than once.

Ahem.

Six petite fluffy little Lofthouse sugar cookies, all for you.

Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies for two

Try my recipe for plain small batch easy sugar cookies, too!

Yield: 1 small 6" galette

Strawberry Galette

Makes 1 small 6" crostata
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Additional Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

For the crust:

  • 1/2 cup unbleached flour
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced
  • 1/4 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 2-3 tablespoons cold water

For the filling:

  • 1 1/2 cups sliced ripe strawberries
  • 1 teaspoon rose water
  • 2 teaspoons unbleached flour
  • 4 teaspoons sugar, plus extra for topping
  • splash of milk for brushing on the crust

Instructions

  1. First, make the crust: In a medium bowl, stir together lightly the flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter and blend with a pastry cutter or two knives. Once the butter is smaller than peas, add the vinegar and cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time until a moist dough forms. It should clump together when squeezed in your hand but not be overly wet. Form the dough into a ball, flatten it into a disk, then wrap in plastic before storing in the fridge for 20 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, stir the sliced strawberries, rose water, flour and sugar together in a bowl. Let sit while you roll out the dough. Preheat the oven to 375°.
  3. To roll out the dough, place a piece of parchment paper on the counter. Gradually roll out the dough to a 9” circle, taking your time to turn the dough a quarter turn each time after rolling in one direction. Transfer the parchment paper and dough directly onto a baking sheet. Mound the strawberries in the center of the dough, leaving a 2” border. Fold up the edges of the dough onto the strawberries. Make sure you do not have too many areas for the strawberry juices to escape, although some will inevitably. Brush the dough with milk, then sprinkle extra sugar over top. Bake for 40 minutes. I find the crust is the flakiest if it is served at room temperature.
© Christina Lane
Category: Cobbler

I adapted this recipe from the lovely Ashley over at Center Cut Cook.

Also, since this recipe uses only the egg yolk, be sure to check out my ways to use the leftover egg white.

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  3. Can't thank you enough for scaling these down! My 97 year old grandma made these for years and years with buttermilk and nutmeg! In the summer they got a sprinkle of 'coarse' sugar and giant plump raisin in the center, (Muscat?) and in the winter the best buttercream I've ever tasted! But her recipe makes scads! At the time, there were 9 of us, so it worked. And for my 4 kids it did too!Now for my empty nest, I am feeling blessed for a small batch!Sometimes a body just craves a little junk. I don't really believe that. But some protein and oil would do the trick in stabilizing a roller coastering b. S. issue! You just found a really fun way to do it.
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  4. http://www.babycenter.com/0_40-ways-to-entertain-your-kids-while-lying-down_10350158.bcSome of these won't be useful just yet...but hang on to in the future!PS These cookies look amazing.
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  6. I have tried to clean out all snacks from the house with similar (but way less dramatic) results...we all need a little junk food in our lives, right? These cookies are too pretty! We are a family of 3 so no need for a whole batch lying around that's for sure!
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  9. Oh no! I hope you're feeling all better now Christina! My Mama always warned me that eating too healthily wasn't good for me...and I've found myself in a similar position to you quite a few times. I always find that a batch off cookies and a few salty chips sets me back on the right path :) I need to make these cute little cookies for my sweetheart this Valentine's Day. I know he will love them!
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  10. Oh girl, don't skip meals! You know it isn't good for you ;) Not but seriously, glad you are back to feeling better and brought these cookies to the party because I am freaking out over these. I LOVE lofthouse cookies but I don't trust myself with a whole box. The cure is this small batch :)
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  14. This recipe sounds so good. My husband also loves those cookies from the store and could eat a dozen. I love the fact that this recipe makes a reasonable 6 cookies prefect for a couple. Also since my husband's not supposed to have sugar I think I'll try out this recipe and use Splenda. We'll see how that works out.
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  16. I'm so glad that my body isn't the only one that needs a good kick of fast food every once in awhile! In fact, I celebrated selling our house in two days yesterday with Wendy's. It seemed like the right Ohio thing to do. lolThese cookies? Beyond being the most adorable thing ever, they look absolutely divine. I think I'd down all six!
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  17. I'm happy/sad to report that I live approximately 40 miles south of the Lofthouse Cookie OUTLET. Perfectly fresh, delicious (slightly misshapen) cookies in every color imaginable, at half price. It's rough. Your small batch is a much better idea. And I've never tried sour cream in sugar cookies before, so I'm quite intrigued! Thanks!
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  18. Started these at 8:30pm and in less than an hour they were baked, cooled, frosted and eaten! Made them for three teen-aged boys...one of whom couldn't wait through the cooling stage and devoured his share warm.:) Once again, my thighs thank you for keeping me away from the remains of a standard three dozen batch of cookies! (I used a medium-sized scoop which produced nine fabulous cookies.)
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    • Have I told you how much I looooove these!?!? Just made another quick batch...between Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day I've been able to use up some of my remaining red/green Christmas Cookie sprinkles and coloring. Quick. Easy. Delicious.
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  19. I finally had to give in and make these cookies.Oh, my goodness…they are so delicious.I ended up with eight and still had plenty of icing. I know will be making these again and again…maybe with some alternative icings to change it up a bit. Thanks, Christina!!
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  20. Hi. I recently found your blog a decided I had to try these! My twin sister just moved out so there are only 3 of us and I see no need to have an excessive amount of sweets in the house when I can make small batches (something that I never even thought of!). I made these today and the cookies themselves were very good but for some reason the frosting tasted like butter. I really don't know why because I used the correct amount of everything. I used butter, but in general can you use margarine instead of butter in your recipes? Thanks! Oh, and btw you are beautiful (in a non creepy way of course) and so is your daughter.
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    • Hi Holly! Thanks so much for writing me, and nice to meet you :) Hehe, I think I love butter way more than you! You could try this cream cheese frosting?: http://www.dessertfortwo.com/red-velvet-cupcakes-2/
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  21. Made these yesterday and they are sooo yummy. Have a recipe that you chill,roll and cut and these are so fast and just as moist and soft. I used a 1 inch scoop and got 16 smaller cookies that baked 10 minutes in my toaster oven. Thank you for the small batch recipes.
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  22. Thank you for this! Our oven recently broke and we're stuck using a toaster oven to bake anything, so I'm excited to try this tonight!
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