Whiskey Sour Cookies Recipe

Whiskey Sour Cookies Recipe
By Ann
The great taste of a classic Whiskey Sour Cocktail in cookie form with this wonderful and easy to make Whiskey Sour Cookies Recipe.

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes

Batter Ingredients:

● ½ cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
● ¾ cup Sugar
● 2 Large Eggs
● 2 cups Flour
● 1½ tsp Baking Powder
● ½ cup Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon
● 1 tsp Lemon Extract

Frosting Ingredients:

● ½ cup Sugar
● ¼ cup Unsalted Butter
● 3 TBSP Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon
● 1 tsp Lemon Extract
● 1 cup Confectioners Sugar
● 15 Maraschino Cherries, halved for garnish

Directions:

● Preheat oven to 400°
● Combine flour and baking powder in a small bowl, set aside.
● Using your mixer, cream butter and sugar together.
● Add eggs, beat well.
● Add half of flour mixture, mix well.
● Add Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon to the batter, combine.
● Add the rest of the flour mixture and the lemon extract, mix well.
● Drop by tablespoons 2″ apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
● Bake at 400°for 9-11 minutes, or until bottoms are lightly brown.
● When you remove the baked cookies from the oven, immediately remove the cookies onto a wire baking rack to cool.
● Allow the cookies to cool completely.
● Prepare the frosting:
● Melt sugar and butter in a medium sauce pan over low heat, stir until sugar is dissolved.
● Remove from heat, add the Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon (be careful, this will spit and pop).
● Quickly add the lemon extract and confectioners sugar, stir until smooth.
● Cool frosting slightly, and frost cookies (leave the frosting in the pot).
● Garnish frosted cookie immediately with half a maraschino cherry.
● Allow the frosted cookie to set on a wire rack until frosting is dry.
● Note: if frosting in the pot hardens too much to spread, return to stove under low heat for a few seconds, stirring until frosting is again spreading consistency

Makes 30 Whiskey Sour Cookies