Description
A cereal sugar cookie base, topped with velvety cereal milk frosting, and a sprinkle of toasted lucky charms. These carry all the nostalgia of being a kid with a bowl of lucky charms in the morning, while still feeling gourmet and elevated.
Ingredients
Scale
Sugar Cookie:
- 1 1/2 cup (60 grams) Lucky Charms cereal (marshmallows removed)
- 1 1/2 cup (180 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup (198 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
Frosting:
- 1/2 cup (18 grams) Lucky Charms cereal
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) whole milk
- 1 stick + 1/2 tablespoon (120 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups (227 grams) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- extra Lucky Charms cereal (to sprinkle on top)
Instructions
Make the Sugar Cookies:
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- Add 60 grams of Lucky Charms cereal with the marshmallows removed to a food processor and grind to a fine powder.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine the Lucky Charms cereal powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until lighter in color.
- Add the egg and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix to combine.
- Make roughly 2-inch cookie dough balls, set a few inches apart on a cookie sheet, and bake for 10-12 minutes or until starting to turn lightly golden brown on the edges.
Make the Frosting and Crumbled Cereal Topping:
- Soak around 1/2 cup of Lucky Charms cereal and 1/2 cup of milk together in a small bowl. Set aside and allow to infuse for at least 20 minutes, stirring a couple times in between.
- In a medium-sized bowl, beat the butter for 1 minute.
- Add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and salt. Beat again until smooth.
- Take 2 tablespoons of milk from the soaking cereal bowl and add to the frosting mixture. Beat until light and fluffy. Set aside.
- Separate the marshmallows from about 1/2 cup of Lucky Charms. Roughly crush the separated marshmallows.
- In a skillet over medium heat, toast the remaining cereal (without marshmallows) with the extra 1/2 tablespoon of butter until golden brown.
- Crush the toasted cereal roughly into the bowl with the crushed marshmallows and toss together.
Assemble the Final Cookies:
- Add the frosting to a ziplock or piping bag with the tip cut off (roughly 1-centimeter diameter opening).
- Pipe a swirl of frosting on each cookie, starting in the middle of the cookie and moving outward.
- Sprinkle with the toasted and crushed Lucky Charms.
Notes
- Make sure your ingredients are at room temperature so they incorporate well.
- Use a food processor or coffee grinder to blend the cereal for best results.
Keywords: cookies, cereal, lucky charms