Pink Velvet Lofthouse Swig Cookies
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These soft, delicious ‘Pink Velvet’ Lofthouse Swig Sugar Cookies are topped with an irresistible cream cheese frosting and perfect for Valentine’s Day! 😉 Love Pink and cookies!
With their fluffy texture, sweet pink frosting, and adorable sugar sprinkles on top, this swig cookies recipe is sure to impress. Plus, you may want to make these yummy Pink Crumbl Sugar Cookies!
What Are Swig Sugar Cookies?
Are you looking for the perfect sweet treat to bring a little bit of happiness to your day? Look no further than the beloved pink swig lofthouse cookies – a soft and chewy cookie topped with a thin cream cheese frosting on top!
This beloved recipe dates all the way back to the 1940s and has been a favorite of many ever since. With just a few simple steps, you can make this delicious treat right in your own kitchen and share it with friends and family.
Ingredients You Need
Learn how to make the perfect pink swig lofthouse cookies, as well as a few shortcuts and tricks for the best results. So, bake up some deliciousness – it’s time to get frosting those lofthouse sugar cookies!
Pink Swig Cookies Recipe
- unsalted butter softened
- canola oil or oil of choice
- granulated sugar
- powdered sugar
- sour cream or Greek yogurt
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- red or pink food coloring or gel to tint cookie dough
- baking soda
- cream of tartar
- salt
- all-purpose flour
- granulated sugar, for pressing the cookies
Cream Cheese Icing
- cream cheese
- unsalted butter, softened
- vanilla extract
- powdered sugar sifted
- salt
- almond milk or milk
or
- store-bought tubs of Cream Cheese Frosting
How to Make Soft Pink Velvet Lofthouse Swig Cookies
Pink Swig Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the baking soda, cream of tartar and salt together, set aside.
- In another large mixing bowl, using mixer, add the butter, oil, granulated sugar and powdered sugar. Slowly add the baking soda, cream of tartar & salt mixture into the butter mixture. Mix until well-combined and creamy, 1-2 minutes.
- Add the sour cream/yogurt, eggs and vanilla and mix until well-combined, 1-2 minutes, again scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add the food coloring/gel with with a toothpick to the mixture. Cookies will bake lighter than dough appears, so that will help with the color shade you are trying to achieve.
- Add the flour and mix until no dry streaks remain and the mixture is evenly combined. As you are mixing, make sure to add more food color/gel if needed as you are mixing the cookie dough, making sure not to overmix.
- Using a medium or large scoop, make balls of dough. Lightly spray the bottom of a flat-bottomed glass with cooking spray and dip the bottom of the glass into the sugar. Press each cookie into an even thickness about ¼” to ½” inch dipping the bottom of the glass into the sugar between each press to get that crinkly edge.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes until just set. Don’t overbake, you don’t want cookies to be brown on bottoms.
- Transfer to a wire rack to let cool.
Cream Cheese Icing (or use store-bought cream cheese frosting)
- Combine all the frosting ingredients together. Beat until thick and creamy.
- (Warm up in microwave a smidge 10-15 seconds if you want a thinner glaze to spread on top, it will thicken up as it cools.)
- Frost cookies and sprinkle with your decoration of choice.
How to get the Perfect Lofthouse Swig Sugar Cookies
- Make sure you measure out just the right amount of flour in the dough to avoid dry, crumbly cookies. Use the Fluff up Flour Method!
- Don’t press the cookies too thin. Go for between 1/4- and 1/2-inch thick.
- As with most swig cookies recipes, underbaking just a tad is way better than overbaking.
- Use a medium or large cookie scoop
and roll the thick dough into balls.
- Use a flat bottom glass that has been dipped in sugar, press down on cookies to get that crinkly edge.
- For the signature soda shop look – these cookies will spread just slightly while baking, but they should retain their rough edges for that cool craggly look.
They say the way to a man’s heart, is through his stomach, and it’s actually the same with women, except we love our sweets! I’m always happy to receive goodies. In fact, I enjoy it immensely!
So ladies, sometimes, we just need to bake some good, old-fashioned, soft Lofthouse Cookies, just for the heck of it, maybe even use them as a bribe to get to his heart.
Why? Because soft lofthouse sugar cookies definitely make everyone love you more if you made them yourself, from the heart! And if we make them pink, seriously, who can resist them? Happy Baking!
More Fun Cookies!
- Christmas Cowboy Cookies
- Snickerdoodle Cinnamon Chip Cookies
- Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
- M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookies
- ‘Awesome’ Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
- Best Soft Lofthouse Cookies
- Crumbl Sugar Cookies Recipe
'Pink Velvet' Lofthouse Cookies {CopyCat Recipe}
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup canola oil or oil of choice
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- red or pink food coloring or gel to tint cookie dough
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 5 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar for pressing the cookies
Cream Cheese Icing
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons almond milk or milk
or
- 2 tubs of Cream Cheese Frosting
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the baking soda, cream of tartar and salt together, set aside.
- In another large mixing bowl, using mixer, add the butter, oil, granulated sugar and powdered sugar. Slowly add the baking soda, cream of tartar & salt mixture into the butter mixture. Mix until well-combined and creamy, 1-2 minutes.
- Add the sour cream/yogurt, eggs and vanilla and mix until well-combined, 1-2 minutes, again scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add the food coloring/gel with with a toothpick to the mixture. Cookies will bake lighter than dough appears, so that will help with the color shade you are trying to achieve.
- Add the flour and mix until no dry streaks remain and the mixture is evenly combined. As you are mixing, make sure to add more food color/gel if needed as you are mixing the cookie dough, making sure not to overmix.
- Using a medium or large scoop, make balls of dough. Lightly spray the bottom of a flat-bottomed glass with cooking spray and dip the bottom of the glass into the sugar. Press each cookie into an even thickness about 1/4" to 1/2" inch dipping the bottom of the glass into the sugar between each press to get that crinkly edge.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes until just set. Don't overbake, you don't want cookies to be brown on bottoms.
- Transfer to a wire rack to let cool.
Cream Cheese Icing (or use store-bought cream cheese frosting)
- Combine all the frosting ingredients together. Beat until thick and creamy.
- (Warm up in microwave a smidge 10-15 seconds if you want a thinner glaze to spread on top, it will thicken up as it cools.)
- Frost cookies and sprinkle with your decoration of choice.
These cookies were really good and the perfect south loft house texture! They were however a little too salty, I would cut down the salt to a 1/8teaspoon for the cookie dough and the a 1/4 a teaspoon for the frosting