Copycat Lofthouse Cookies Recipe

My son's favorite grocery store cookies are the Lofthouse cookies with frosting and sprinkles.  I found numerous copycat recipes online, but this is the combination that worked for us:

Lofthouse Cookies Recipe:

6 C. flour, divided

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1 C. butter, softened

2 C. sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 C. sour cream

In a mixer, blend butter and sugar until fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time.  Add vanilla and sour cream and mix until combined.  In a bowl, combine 5 C. flour, baking soda and baking powder.  Add to the sugar mixture gradually until well-combined.  

On a floured surface, divide dough in two or three sections (it will be sticky).  Add enough flour to roll into 3" round tubes as shown here.  Chill overnight or at least 8 hours.  You may have to re-roll them in the tubes as the dough gets colder to create the round shape you're after.  After completely chilled, preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Cut the dough into 1/4" round slices.  Alternately, you could roll out and use a cookie cutter.  Bake 8-10 minutes.  Note:  Next time I will bake on parchment paper.  The bottoms of my cookies got more done than I wanted them to get.

Lofthouse Cookie Frosting:

1 C. butter, softened

4 C. powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

6 Tbsp. cream or milk

Sprinkles

Quote:

Originally Posted by debellafunk 

maybe I will have to try this my dh and kids love em I can't stand them. they are too sweet for me.

These aren't too sweet, at least the cookie part isn't.  The frosting is what makes them really sweet, so I'd ease up on that if you prefer them a little less sugary.

Has anyone else tried these?  My son (who is the Lofthouse Cookie fan at our house) says the frosting isn't exactly right.  I'm wondering how I should tweak it.

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Originally Posted by JessicaM 

 

Try Crisco instead of butter.  (Plain, not butter flavored.)

I'll give that a try.  Thank you!