Perfect little cake slice cookies to celebrate birthdays, baby showers and more.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time9 minutesmins
Decorating Time1 hourhr
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: birthday cookies, cake slice cookies, cofetti cookies
Servings: 15
Author: Hani Bacova
Ingredients
ROYAL ICING
4 1/2tbspWilton Meringue Powder
1lbpowdered sugar
1/2cuproom temperature water(or use 1/4 cup freshly squeezed, strained lemon juice and 1/4 cup water, or create your own ratio)
2tbsproom temperature water
1tbspVanilla Extract
1tspAlmond Extract
CONFETTI COOKIES
2sticksroom temperature unsalted butter(about 226 grams)
1 1/4cuppowdered sugar
1large egg at room temperature
2tsp Vanilla Extract
3cups all purpose flour
1/8tspsalt
1/4tspbaking powder
1/2cupWilton Jimmies Sprinkles Assortment
1 tsp milk ( add it when dough appears too dry)
Instructions
ROYAL ICING
Wipe down the bowl and utensils with vinegar or lemon juice to remove any grease residue.
Into a bowl pour water ( 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons), pour in meringue powder (4 and 1/2 tablespoons). Beat or whisk until well combined and foamy, about 30 seconds.
Pour in powdered sugar and beat on medium low speed until thick and well combined about 1 minute. Then add your flavorings : Vanilla Extract (1 tablespoon) and Almond Extract (1 teaspoon). If the mass appears too dry add little more water, by teaspoons.TIP : If your confectioner's sugar is lumpy, be sure to sift it first.TIP : Use other extracts as desired, avoid using oil base extract, use only water and alcohol based extracts. To avoid use of alcohol use Vanilla Powder instead.
Beat until thick, about 3-5 minutes.
Use royal icing to decorate cookies or make sugar decorations.
CONFETTI COOKIES
Sift all purpose flour (3cups), baking powder (1/4 teaspoon) and salt (1/8 teaspoon) into a bowl. Set aside.
In a bowl of your mixer beat room temperature butter (2 sticks, 226 grams), powdered sugar ( 1 1/4 cup) until creamy and well combined, about 2 minutes. Then beat in large egg (1 whole egg). Beat for 1 minute. Then beat in Vanilla Extract (2 teaspoons).
Gradually and on low speed beat in flour mix. Once flour is well moisten and your don't see any more flour streaks in the bowl pour in rainbow jimmies sprinkles and stir them in with a spatula until well distributed. Then using your hands gather dough into a ball. Knead it for 10 second until it comes together nicely. Flatten it into a disk.TIP : If cookie dough appears too be too dry, add 1 teaspoon of milk
Roll the dough out between 2 sheets of parchment to about 1/4 inch thick. Chill for 40 minutes to an hour. Cut out 6 inch rounds with a large cookie cutter or use a smaller round cookie cutter.TIP : Alternatively use a bowl and a knife to cut out 6 inch or smaller rounds.
Cut each round into 8 approximately equal wedges. Distribute cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment. Bake at 365F (185C) for about 7-9 minutes. Let cookies cool on a baking sheet of a minute or two then transfer them onto a cooling rack to cool completely.Allow to cool completely before decorating.
Notes
HOW LONG DOES ROYAL ICING LAST?
Store in an airtight container, cover the mouth of the container with a food wrap and close it with a lid. Meringue royal icing keeps for up to 3-4 week.
HOW LONG DO CONFETTI COOKIES LAST?
Cookies, stored in an airtight container are good for 2 weeks.