Stephanie's Buttermilk Sugar Cookies

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

3/4 cup white granulated sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed

1 egg, room temperature

3/4 cup buttermilk, room temperature*

2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

pinch of salt

1/4 teaspoon Saigon  cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

TOPPING:

1/4 cup white sugar

GLAZE:

1 tablespoon butter, melted

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

2-1/2 cups powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 tablespoons warm water

Directions:

 Cream together the butter and sugars in bowl of your stand mixer. Add the egg and mix until fully incorporated. Switch to low speed and add the buttermilk, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Slowly add the flour, cornstarch and baking soda to the mixture, mixing until combined.

Make sure  all ingredients are fully incorporated. Add dough  and refrigerate a few hours.

Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 375-degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator and scoop medium sized cookie dough balls. Roll cookie dough balls in a bowl containing 1/4 cup of white sugar. Place cookie dough balls a few inches apart, on prepared cookie sheet. Bake in 375-degree oven for 11-minutes, or until the sides of the cookie start to turn faint brown. Remove baked cookies from the oven and let set for several minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

GLAZE: Once cookies have cooled, mix together the melted butter, corn syrup, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and water in a medium sized bowl. Add more water to thin out the glaze, if needed, or add more powdered sugar to thicken the glaze. The glaze should be of medium consistency. Dunk the tops of cookies into the bowl of glaze and top with sprinkles. Let cookies set on the counter for at least two hours to allow the icing to harden.

Check out THIS video to make your own buttermilk