Yes, these are simply the best Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies you will ever taste! My MaMa's been on a mission to find a knock-off recipe of her all time favorite cookie, but it had to contain Whole Wheat Flour, so she tried whole grain-ifying many different recipes, but it wasn't until she found a recipe on Vintage Revivals, and then made it her own, was she satisfied with quest. I will attest. These cookies are amazing...I took the bite out of the cookie in the picture. Mmmmmm...good!
The Most Amazing Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies Ever
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For the Cookies:
1 c unsalted butter, room temperature3/4 c vegetable oil
1 1/4 c sugar
3/4 c powdered sugar
2 Tbs water
2 eggs
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt
3 c all purpose flour
2 1/2 - 3 c of Joseph's Grainery Soft White Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
For the Frosting:
4 oz cream cheese, room temperature4 Tbs unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 - 1 c powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
Directions For the Cookies:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the butter, oil, sugars, water, eggs and lemon juice.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Mix until everything is combined. The dough should be a bit crumbly and not sticky at all.
- Roll golf ball sized balls of dough and place on a cookie sheet.
- Place 1/4 c sugar and a pinch of salt (in addition to the ingredients listed above) in a dish. Stick the bottom of a glass in it. Firmly press the glass into the center of each dough ball.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. Move cookies to a wire rack to cool.
For the Frosting:
- Place the cream cheese and butter in a medium mixing bowl and use a spatula to soften them.
- Once the mixture is well blended and smooth, sift in the powdered sugar and continue beating until smooth.
- Add the vanilla and stir to combine.
- Frost the cookies, once the cookies have completely cooled.
