Marshmallow Cereal Cookies
Soft & chewy sugar cookies inspired by Lucky Charms cereal. They are a soft delicious sugar cookie with cereal in the dough and topped with Marshmallow cereal marshmallows.
Ingredients
For Cookies:
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg +1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup marshmallow cereal crushed
For Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup crushed marshmallows
Instructions
For Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350° and line your baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, add your butter, sugar, and brown sugar and cream until combined and light and fluffy in texture.
- Add your egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract and sour cream and stir again.
- Next, add your baking soda, salt, cornstarch and flour and mix until combined. Mix in your crushed cereal.
- Scoop or roll your cookie dough into 1-2 inch balls, place on parchment paper lined baking sheets and bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and use a round cookie cutter to pull the edges of the cookies in. Let cool.
For Frosting:
- In a large bowl add your butter and whip up until fluffy.
- Add your salt and vanilla and whip again.
- Next, add your powdered sugar and whip up. Pour in some of your heavy whipping cream until you reach your desired consistency.
- If frosting is too thick add more cream and if it’s too runny add more powdered sugar.
Assemble:
- Add your crushed marshmallows and fold in carefully.
- Transfer your frosting to a piping bag with a round tip and frost your cookies. You can also just use a icing knife to spread it on as well.
- Top with extra marshmallows, share and enjoy!