Name: Copycat Soft Sugar Loft Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 stick of softened butter; 1 cup of sugar; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or almond flavoring or any other kinds you like orange, anisette, lemon are all delicious; frosting or choice; sprinkles or colored sugars

A favorite copycat soft sugar loft cookie you'll find in the supermarkets for every holiday.

Sugar loft cookies are a soft delicious sugar cookie everyone loves.

We love to use holiday cookie cutters for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Patriotic holidays of course Halloween and Christmas.

This one dough will be perfect for any birthday or party by just changing the colors of the frosting and using with coordinating cookie cutter with pretty sprinkles.

These cookies aren't overly sweet and the frosting adds just the right blend of flavors!

These are also great for fund raisers and bake sale events wrapped and labeled.

Everyone loves these cookies and it's the first recipe I think of even when I want to decorate the top of the cake with a cookie form frosted.

Check out this copycat recipe, I am sure you will be excited about the outcome!

This recipe uses simple pantry ingredients and so easy the kids can help!

Scroll down to print this easy recipe, you will find after one taste you will never buy the supermarket brands again!

What are Loft Cookies?

Soft Lofthouse Style Frosted Sugar Cookies are the ones you see in grocery stores that are full of bright frosting and loaded with sprinkles or colored sugars.

They were my kid's favorite cookie growing up.

They loved that kind of soft sugar cookie and those sprinkles were a cookie from heaven for them!

Guess what? Now as grown men, they still love them and my grandkids are head over heels for them too!

this is Antonio Valentino Iffert, he is making Loft Cookies and 5 years old with Grandma

So Easy The Kids Can Help!

Antonio was a big help cutting out the cookies and eating them!

Cookies of any kind are a favorite to a 5-year-old right? These were the most asked for!

When I was growing up, I never knew what they were called, but mom made them all the time to us they were just an Italian soft cutout cookie!

this is Antonio Valentino Iffert rolling dough for loft cookies we are making for the 4th of July and they are stars

Ingredients You Will Need

flour
baking soda
baking powder
softened butter
sugar
eggs
sour cream
vanilla extract
salt
optional: flavoring almond flavoring or any other kinds you like orange, anisette, lemon are all delicious
frosting
sprinkles

Always Cream the Sugar and Butter Together

This is an important step, the butter and sugar must be combined evenly, these make a delicious tender cookie.

Don't miss creaming a softened butter, it's a must-do!

If you're wondering why there are two sticks of butter, it's because I always have to double this recipe!

The Perfect Sugar Loft Cookie Cutouts for all your Holiday Needs!

I love how soft these are and they stay that way.

It sure beats all that sugary frosting that is gobbed on at the supermarket.

I lightly frost mine and for a little color to match the theme or event or Holiday. Perfect with any cookie cutter at Easter, Christmas, even the 4th of July cutting stars out!

These cookies shape into anything you want.

Suggestions

Although the traditional flavor is vanilla, these are great in all kinds of extract flavors.
During the fall, we like to add cinnamon and ginger to the batter along with some nutmeg and maple extract then when frosted sprinkle the tops with cinnamon and sugar.
We also love grated orange peel, lemon peel with coordinating extracts.
Anisette or even Almond extracts are terrific too.
Of course, for all the chocolate lovers out there you can even add chocolate chips to the batter!

this is a photo of Antonio making loft cookies and the end result with him eating them pin for later

Floured Board

Always flour the board for rolling so the dough will be easy to cut into and not stick.

I use a plastic or wood board for rolling my dough on.

I also flour my cutters, they will work better for shaping.

This is sugar cookie dough with a rolling pin, mixing bowl, flour on a cutting board ready to make cookies with

Tips

Preheat the oven
Don't over bake them or they will be dry
Use parchment paper or Silpat mat for baking sheets
Make these into round supermarket-style or cutouts
Cool completely before frosting the cookies
Use assorted sprinkles to coordinate the themes

This is a loft sugar cookie dough to cutout shapes with a star cookie cutter

Perfect Cut Out Cookies

Copycat Soft Sugar Loft Cookies also great for graduation hats, baby showers, and other events that I use this dough for.

I have even made them for benefits into shapes for Breast Cancer awareness and other functions.

Again just tint your frosting to match the Holiday, Benefit, or School Events.

these are three patriotic cookies red white and blue colored sugar for the 4th of July called loft sugar cookies

Cookie Ideas

Tint the frosting to the holiday theme
Add Funfetti to the batter
Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips or crushed candy bars
Flavor the dough lemon, orange and use some zest
For fall flavors add some cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and nuts

these are called loft cookies. A sugar cookie that can be cut out in many shapes these are red white and blue sprinkles and colored sugar for a Patriotic party this is the dough ready to bake cut into stars

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Get Creative

Check out the simple recipe for anywhere for the New Year all through the end to Christmas for all year round delicious cookie

Make something special for any event, bake sale, party, or just because they taste great.

By the way, these travel and freeze well.

So whether you want to be festive for any holiday, any cookie cutter will be the hit of the day, just use one recipe for the whole year!