Description
These Graduation Cap & Diploma Sugar Cookies combine irresistible flavor and simple preparation, making them a delightful treat for your graduation celebrations. With key ingredients like butter, sugar, and white chocolate, these cookies are perfect for anyone looking for easy and delicious homemade desserts.
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 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder together, then set aside.
- Cream the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined; add flour if the dough is sticky.
- Roll out the cookie dough on a floured surface to about 1/8 inch thickness.
- Cut twelve 3-inch circles from the dough and twelve diamond-shaped grad caps.
- Using the diamond cutter, cut a triangle-shaped notch out of each circle of dough.
- Brush two long edges of the diamond dough and insert it into the notch on the circle; press the seams together.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes until 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 for tassels and color remaining chocolate with flesh tone food coloring and a color for the grad caps.
- Let the colored modeling chocolate rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
- Roll out the flesh tone modeling chocolate to about 1/16 inch thickness and cut twelve 3-inch circles.
- Roll out the blue modeling chocolate to the same thickness and cut twelve diamond-shaped caps.
- Repeat the process of brushing corn syrup over cookies and layering the colored modeling chocolate on top, pressing seams together.
- Color modeling chocolate for tassels; roll into a tube, extrude strands, cut into 1-inch pieces, and attach them to the caps using corn syrup.
Notes
Ensure to let cookies cool completely before decorating to avoid melting the chocolate.
Use a variety of food colors to create grad caps that represent different schools or celebrations.
Adjust baking time as necessary depending on your oven and cookie thickness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg