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root beer cookies on parchment paper
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Frosted Root Beer Cookies

Frosted root beer cookies are delicious and completely unique! Snickerdoodle cookie base, root beer flavoring and buttercream.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword frosted cookies, root beer cookies, root beer float cookies, sugar cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
cooling 3 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Servings 28 cookies
Calories 180kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
  • 2-3 teaspoons root beer concentrate
  • 2 Tbsp. molasses
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon root beer concentrate
  • 3-4 Tbsp. milk

Instructions

Root Beer Cookies

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cream butter, shortening, and sugar with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer. Beat in eggs, molasses and root beer concentrate.
  • In a separate bowl whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together.
  • Combine dry ingredients with butter mixture.
  • Scoop cookies, using a medium cookie scoop, then place on baking sheets lined with parchment paper (I usually bake 6 cookies per sheet).
  • Bake for 13 minutes.
  • Allow cookies to cool for 3-5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Root Beer Frosting

  • Beat frosting ingredients together. Spread over cooled cookies.

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Notes

Butter can be used instead of shortening, but may slightly affect the thickness or shape of the cookie.
Store cookies in an airtight container, or covered in plastic, at room temperature. Cookies can also be chilled.

Nutrition

Calories: 180kcal