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glazed donut cookies

Glazed Donut Cookies

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Prep: 20 minutes
Bake: 14 minutes
Chill Time: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 34 minutes
Servings: 16 Cookies

Ingredients

  • 113 g Unsalted butter ½ cup, room temperature
  • 113 g Cream Cheese 4 oz, room temperature
  • 200 g Granulated sugar 1 cup
  • 1 large Egg room temperature
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 240 g Pastry/AP flour 2 cups
  • 1 tsp Sea salt
  • 18 g Buttermilk powder 2 tbsp
  • ½ tsp Baking powder

Glaze

  • 60 g Powdered sugar ½ cup
  • 28 g Unsalted butter 2 tbsp
  • ½ tsp Vanilla
  • 1 tbsp Evaporated milk
  • pinch Sea salt

Instructions

  • In a medium sized bowl, add flour, salt, and baking powder and whisk together. Set aside.
  • In a medium-large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer with paddle attached, add butter and cream cheese and mix together until creamy and combined.
  • Add sugar and cream together ingredients until light and fluffy.
  • Mix your egg and vanilla into the batter, beating for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add your dry ingredients and mix with a rubber spatula until dough comes together.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop dough using a 2 tbsp scoop. Scoop dough all the dough and cover the sheet and chill for at least one hour.
  • Preheat your oven to 325°F
  • After the dough has chilled and you are ready to bake, roll them into a ball shape then flatten them (slightly) into a disk like shape.
  • Bake your cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet, leaving a few inches between. Cookies will spread but not dramatically. Bake for about 14 minutes, the bottom edge of the cookie will just be starting to lightly brown.
  • Remove from oven and carefully transfer cookies to a cooling rack.
  • Once cookies have completely cooled, mix together your melted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and evaporated milk.
  • Dip the top of each cookie into the glaze and allow the cookies to sit while the glaze sets.
  • Store cookies in an airtight container for 3-5 days. Enjoy!