Finding My Christmas Zen: Holiday Cottage Cheese Sugar Cookies
Author: TheSpicedLife
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Cookies
- 2 cups (252 g) AP flour
- ½ t baking soda
- ½ t fine sea salt
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup cottage cheese (I recommend 4% fat)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 egg
- sanding sugar for sprinkling (red and green for Christmas)
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Beat the butter until creamy. Add the cottage cheese and beat until incorporated and creamy.
- Add the sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add the egg and beat to incorporate. Beat in the vanilla.
- Gently mix in the flour mixture.
- Scoop 1-2 tablespoon sized balls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet. Sprinkle some sanding sugar over each ball of dough.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes on your cookie sheet, before removing to a cooling rack.
Recipe by The Spiced Life at https://www.thespicedlife.com/finding-my-christmas-zen-holiday-cottage-cheese-sugar-cookies/
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