Pink Lemonade Cookies and Pink Lemonade Frosting
By Tricia33
Whether you are sitting on a porch swing sipping lemonade while watching the sunset or something else, these drop cookies make a
Ingredients
- Cookies:
- 1/3 *1/3 cup each butter and shortening
- 1/2 *1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 *1 egg
- 1/4 *1/4 cup frozen pink or regular lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 1 3/4 *1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 *1/2 teaspoon baking powder (for altitudes up to 7000 feet)
- 1/4 *1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 *1/2 teaspoon salt
- Frosting:
- 2 *2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 *2 cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 *3-4 tables prepared pink lemonade
- *red food coloring (optional)
Details
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 35mins
Preparation
Step 1
Cookies
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and 1 cup sugar. Blend in eggs. In a medium bowl, sift together flour and baking soda; gradually beat into butter mixture, alternating with 1/2 cup lemonade concentrate. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoons onto the prepared cookie sheet.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly brown. Brush lightly with remaining lemonade, and sprinkle with remaining sugar.
Frosting:
Beat together softened butter, powdered sugar, and prepared pink or regular lemonade, until a spreading consistency is reached. If desired, tint with red food coloring.
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