Coffee & Donut Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

These Coffee & Donut Sugar Cookies are way easier to make than you would think! Grab the free printable gift tag and let me show you how to create these darling cookies.

These classic sugar cookies are fun to make and take to your next event or party! I’m a huge fan of creating treats for every occasion, especially delicious ones like these.

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Sugar cookie dough is super versatile and easy to make with only a few ingredients from the grocery store. Start with simple ingredients like butter, granulated sugar and all purpose flour.

Be sure to set aside enough time to decorate these cookies, you may even want to spread it over a few days. When adding details it’s important to wait until the layer of flooded icing is completely dry otherwise the icing may crack and the colors will bleed.

Before you get started make sure that you have everything that you need to make and decorate these cookies. I found our cookie cutters and icing bottles at Michaels but you can also order them from Amazon below.

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Sugar cookie supplies:

• KitchenAid Stand Mixer
• Baking sheets
• Parchment paper
• Rolling pin
• Mixing bowls
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Cookie cutters
• Icing bottles
• Wire cooling rack
• Cookie scribe or toothpick

This is my grandma’s classic sugar cookie recipe – time tested and delicious. The only thing that I have changed over the years is swapped out shortening for butter.

Coffee & Donut Sugar Cookies:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 large egg
• 4 Tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt

Tip: Pre-made Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough can be used to create these cookies as well. Simply add 1/4 cup of flour to the dough, combine well and roll as directed. I love quick mom hacks like this!

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl with electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine dry ingredients. Add butter, egg, milk and vanilla extract. Mix at medium speed until a soft dough forms.

3. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour. This helps to prevent the dough from spreading when baked.

4. Dust your surface with flour and use a rolling pin to roll the dough to 1/4″ thickness.

5. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes from the dough. Place the cookies on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

6. Bake until the cookies are lightly brown around the edges, about 7 minutes.

7. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.

This recipe will make about 60 cookies.

Use my Easy Royal Icing Recipe to make the best icing for these cookies! You will need brown and white royal icing.

Royal icing tips:

• If the icing is too hard, add more water one drop at a time.
• If the icing is too soft, add more powdered sugar one teaspoon at a time.
• Icing can be stored at room temperature in a an airtight container for up to two weeks.
• To use, mix the royal icing with a hand mixer so that it becomes smooth and shiny again.
• Flood consistency is reached when a spoonful dropped onto a flat surface takes 10-15 seconds to become completely smooth.

With these instructions you can decorate the coffee and donut cookies just like I did. Have fun with this! Don’t be afraid to use different colors of icing and techniques for entirely different look.

How to decorate coffee & donut sugar cookies:

Additional supplies: brown and white sprinkles.

1. Outline each donut cookie with a line of brown icing.

2. Flood the center of each cookie with icing. Use a toothpick or scribe to coax icing into corners or spaces. Here my icing was a bit too runny, add more icing sugar to the mix to prevent that.

3. Add sprinkles to all of the donuts before the icing dries.

4. Allow the icing to set and harden.

5. Add an oval of brown icing to the top of the coffee cups. Drop a dot of white icing into the brown and use a toothpick to create a swirl. This technique is called wet on wet.

6. Line the cup with white icing and create a handle.

7. Flood the center of the cup with white icing. Use a toothpick or scribe to coax icing into corners or spaces.

8. Allow the icing to completely dry before adding tiny brown icing hearts to the front of each coffee cup.

Allow the icing to harden for at least four hours before packaging or storing the cookies. These look amazing wrapped in cellophane and packaged up with a bit of twine.

I mean, cummon! How cute are these?! I can totally see them being just as darling in a variety of colors!

Toss them into a cookie box, add my free printable gift tag and voila! You have a fun gift to brighten someones day.

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Some of my baking essentials:

• I love using this non-stick bakeware for all of my baking.
• These silicone mitts are perfect for grasping hot pans and baking dishes.
• This Henckel Knife is my favorite for slicing and dicing in the kitchen.
• These parchment paper bags are perfect for packaging and these large Rubbermaid food storage containers are great for storing baking in the freezer.

Seriously looking just as good as they taste!

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