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Hanukkah Blue and White Bakery Cookies

Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • sticks of unsalted butter soft
  • cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 1 T pure vanilla extract

Frosting

  • cups confectioners' sugar
  • 4 to 5 T whole milk
  • 3 T heavy cream
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • blue food coloring

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients for the cookies (flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt). In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, about two minutes.
  • Add the eggs and the yolk, one at a time and mix.
  • Add the flour mixture in three parts, alternating with the buttermilk (begin and end with flour). Add the vanilla .
  • Using a ¼ cup scoop, drop the dough on the prepared baking sheets or use a muffin top pan as I did.
  • Bake for 17 minutes, baking each sheet one at a time. Edges should be lightly browned. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting, in a large bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, milk, cream and vanilla. If the mixture is too thick, add milk by the teaspoon.

  • Divide in half and color one half blue.
  • Using a spatula, frost one half blueand allow to dry 20 mins. before frosting the other half with the white. Let the frosted cookies set for one hour before serving.