Description
Make festive, colorful Mardi Gras cookies quickly using simple ingredients for a fun, easy celebration treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Pinch nutmeg
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 3 to 6 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened (for frosting)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (for frosting)
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (for frosting)
- Purple, green, and yellow sugar sprinkles
- Optional: 1 plastic baby
Instructions
- Cream the softened butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl until fluffy using a hand mixer.
- Add the eggs, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and almond extract. Beat until the mixture is well blended.
- Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Beat until the mixture forms a firm dough.
- Cover the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Roll the dough into 24 balls, each about 1 1/2-inches in size.
- Place the balls on the prepared baking sheets and press each one down slightly to flatten it.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the bottom edges just start to turn golden.
- Remove the cookies from the pans and place them on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting, mix the powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons of milk, softened butter, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and almond extract in a second bowl using the hand mixer.
- Add more milk, one tablespoon at a time, until the frosting reaches your desired consistency.
- Spread the frosting onto the cooled cookies.
- Sprinkle the frosted cookies with stripes of purple, green, and yellow sugar sprinkles.
- If using, hide the plastic baby in the frosting of one cookie, making sure to tell guests about the figurine.
Notes
- The cake mix base provides consistent results, making these cookies reliable for parties.
- Cool the cookies completely before applying frosting so the frosting does not melt.
- You can adjust the amount of milk in the frosting to control its thickness.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
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