Cookie Recipes
June Bug Cookies
Cute little June Bug Cookies for springtime!
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese or light cream cheese (do not use fat-free)
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Decorations
- Red food coloring
- Small tube black frosting
- Licorice strings
- Mini chocolate chips
- M&Ms ®
Instructions
Cookies
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, beat butter with both sugars until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well blended.
- For each cookie, scoop up heaping tablespoon of dough; roll into a 1 1/2 inch ball. Place on ungreased cookie sheets 3 inches apart. DO NOT flatten dough.
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes or until set.
- Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets; carefully transfer to wire cooling racks; cool completely.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cut cream cheese and butter into chunks and place in bowl of food processor fitted with the steel blade.
- Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Use on/off pulses to process ingredients until well blended. (Can also be made with a mixer.)
Decorations
- Prepare the cream cheese frosting. Transfer 1/4 of the frosting to a small bowl to use for the June Bug "face."
- Add enough red food coloring to the remaining frosting to create a bright color. Decoratively frost cookies to resemble a ladybug, using the white (round face), red (wings/body) and black (dividing lines) frostings. Use mini chocolate chips to create the ladybug "dots" on the wings and mini M&MS for "eyes." Cut, bend and place licorice strings in face frosting to form antennas.
- Store cookies loosely covered at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin