Our speckled robin egg sugar cookies are easy to make and perfect for Easter! Frosted in buttercream and speckled with Oreo cookie crumbs.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword robin egg, robin's egg, speckled, sugar cookies, soft sugar cookies, roll out cookies
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
cool 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 36cookies
Calories 225kcal
Ingredients
1cupsalted buttersoftened
1/2cupshortening
1 1/2cupsugar
1large egg
1 1/2teaspoonvanilla
2teaspoonalmond extract
2teaspoonbaking powder
1/2cupcorn starch
4cupall purpose flour
Frosting
1cupbuttersoftened
6cupspowdered sugar
2teaspoonsvanilla
6-8Tablespoonsmilk
3Oreo cookiesfilling scraped off, cookies crushed
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl combine butter, shortening, and sugar. Beat until fluffy with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer. Turn the mixer down and add egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Add baking powder. Sift in flour* and cornstarch and mix thoroughly.*Start with 3 1/2 cups of flour, and if the dough seems too soft add the last 1/2 cup of flour. If the dough seems too dry, add a tablespoon or two of water.
Lightly flour your work surface and shape dough into a large ball.
No refrigeration necessary.
Press ball of dough into a disk shape and roll dough out to desired thickness using a rolling pin (I usually do 1/4-1/2") and cut into shapes. Add flour to dough if it feels too sticky but a nice soft dough is what you want. Carefully transfer cut out cookie shapes with a spatula to a baking sheet.
Bake on baking sheets at 325 degrees for 9-10 minutes. Cookies will be soft. Let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes before carefully moving to a wire rack. Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
Twist Oreo cookies to open. Scrape filling out with a butter knife. Discard filling and crush cookies into small crumbs.
Beat frosting ingredients together. Add more/less milk until desired consistency is achieved. Divide frosting into bowls and tint with a couple of drops of food coloring.
Stir in a small amount of cookie crumbs to each bowl of frosting. A little goes a long way. Start with 1/2 teaspoon and continue adding until you are happy with how your frosting looks.
Decorating
Spread frosting over cooled sugar cookies.
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Notes
No salt is necessary in this recipe.
You may have extra frosting leftover. We like making extra so that we can make as many colors as we'd like.
If you don't care for almond extract you can omit it and use your favorite flavoring (lemon, coconut, etc.)
Cookies can be made ahead and stored in the freezer until ready to decorate.
Store frosted cookies in an airtight container (or cookie sheet covered with plastic wrap) at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
Cookies can be stacked once the frosting has had a chance to set up. I wouldn't stack them more than 2 cookies tall.