Daily Dose: Andy Warhol Sugar Cookies

After visiting the Andy Warhol exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, I was inspired to get in touch with my inner pop artist.  I decided the best baking medium would be sugar cookies, as they really are a blank canvas (pun intended!).  The recipe below is, hands down, the best sugar cookie I've come across. But before we get to the recipe, here's a gallery of the finished product and the art they were inspired by. 


Album cover art for The Velvet Underground & Nico

Rorschach, 1984

Yarn,1983

Rolled Sugar Cookies
(from AllRecipes)

Ingredients: 
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Cream together butter and sugar, until smooth.  Add eggs and vanilla, and mix until incorporated.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add in the dry ingredients, 1/3 at a time, and stir until incorporated. Cover and chill for an hour.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.  On a floured surface, roll out dough to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. Cut out desired shapes. I didn't have a banana cookie cutter, so I just cut around a banana print out. 

Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheets.  Bake 6-8 minutes, or until light golden brown on the edges.  Cool completely. 


Sugar Cookie Icing
(adapted from AllRecipes)


Ingredients: 
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
food coloring


Directions: 

Combine sugar and milk in a small bowl.   Add corn syrup and extract.  Combine until smooth.  You can adjust the thickness by adding more or less milk or corn syrup.

Divide into separate bowls and add desired food coloring. Spoon or pipe onto cookies.  Go wild, get creative, and create your own masterpiece!!

Rolled Sugar Cookies

Ingredients: 
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. Cream together butter and sugar, until smooth.
2. Add eggs and vanilla, and mix until incorporated.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Sift in the dry ingredients, 1/3 at a time, and stir until incorporated. Cover and chill for an hour.
4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.  On a floured surface, roll out dough to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. Cut out desired shapes. Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheets.  Bake 6-8 minutes, or until light golden brown on the edges.  Cool completely. 


Sugar Cookie Icing

Ingredients: 
1 cup confectioner's sugar

2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
food coloring


Directions: 

1. Combine sugar and milk in a small bowl.   Add corn syrup and extract.  Combine until smooth.  You can adjust the thickness by adding more or less milk or corn syrup.

2. Divide into separate bowls and add desired food coloring. Spoon or pipe onto cookies.  Go wild, get creative, and create your own masterpiece!!