Description
These Graduation Cap & Diploma Sugar Cookies are a delightful treat, featuring white chocolate and a fun decorating process. Perfect for parties and celebrations, these cookies are easy to make and irresistibly delicious!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all purpose flour (plus more if needed)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter (softened slightly)
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 16 ounces white chocolate
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup (plus more if needed)
- food coloring (flesh tone and other color for your grad caps)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add the egg, vanilla, and almond extract to the butter mixture; stir well.
- Gradually incorporate the dry ingredient mixture until just combined.
- If the dough is sticky, add a bit more flour as needed.
- Roll out the cookie dough on a floured surface to about 1/8 inch thick.
- Cut out twelve 3-inch circles from the dough.
- Cut out twelve diamond shapes to make the grad caps, and cut a triangle notch from each circle.
- Brush two edges of the diamond and insert it into the notch of the circle; press seams together gently.
- Bake cookies for 10-14 minutes until the edges are set and tops no longer look wet.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating.
- Reserve about 2 tablespoons of white modeling chocolate to color for the tassels.
- Color about 2/3 of the modeling chocolate with flesh tone food coloring; color the rest for grad caps.
- Let the colored chocolate rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the flesh tone chocolate to 1/16 inch thick and cut out twelve 3-inch circles.
- Roll out the colored chocolate to the same thickness and cut out twelve diamond-shaped grad caps.
- On each cookie, brush a light coating of corn syrup, then layer the circle and diamond shapes, pressing to seal.
- Create modeling chocolate strands for the tassels using the extruder. Attach as directed for decoration.
Notes
Ensure to cool the cookies completely before decorating for the best results.
Experiment with different colors for the grad caps to match your celebration theme.
Store decorated cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg