In my almost 3 years of blogging I have never posted a recipe (mostly because I don’t cook and use spatulas for stirring paint.) But I just have to share this recipe with you. I want you to know that now that I am sharing this recipe it was after months of research and about 10 extra lbs. and 15 different recipes. And literally this is the only one that I deem important enough to share. So please relish this moment because its never going to happen again.
There is a little shed in St. George called Swig. If you are ever in town it is a MUST stop. It is located on 1000 East just off of St. George blvd. (Order a cookie and a Dirty Dr. Pepper.) They sell drinks and baked deliciousness. There is always at least an 8 car wait, and everyone gets a sugar cookie. Everyone.
Update: There are now 2 locations! Who knew heaven could be in 2 places at once!!?? The second location just opened up at 287 West St George Blvd.
Swig cookies are my daughters favorite treats/rewards/bribes (and mine). Anyone who tastes a Swig Sugar Cookie will never be the same. They are literally life changing.
Now I am no Gail Simmons, but I am going to try my best to describe these bits of heaven to you. The cookie itself is crunchy and crumbly and buttery (sort of like shortbread) on the rough edges, while the center is soft and chewy. The frosting isn’t too sweet and the combo is well, the best cookie ever. The cookies need to be served cold with the frosting at room temperature to get the full Swig experience.
After a super long time of searching and trying out recipe after recipe that was supposed to be THE BEST SUGAR COOKIE EVER I was coming up empty handed. Until this weekend. I found the recipe. You MUST try these cookies, there is no if ands or buts (or butts) about it.
And I have never written a recipe tutorial…so sorry if this is awkward for everyone involved.
You would be crazy to not pin this for later (or for right now if you are uber motivated.)
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Additional Time18 minutes
Total Time36 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup of Butter
- 3/4 cups Vegetable Oil
- 1 1/4 cups Sugar
- 3/4 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Water
- 2 Eggs
- 1.2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tarter
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 5 1/2 cups Flower
Sour Cream Frosting
- 1/2 cup room temp. Butter
- 3/4 cup Sour Cream
- 2 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Cream together Butter, Vegetable Oil, Sugars, Water, and Eggs.
- Mix until everything is combined. Your dough should be a little crumbly and not sticky at all.
- Roll a golf ball sized ball of dough and place it on your cookie sheet
- Now its time to give these babies their signature rough edge. Put 1/4 c of sugar and a pinch of salt in a dish (this is in addition to the sugar and salt listed above.) Stick the bottom of a glass in it. This is going to be your cookie press.
- Firmly press it into the center of your dough ball. You want your dough to spill out over the sides of the glass. If there is a lip its even better.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes. They should just barely be browning on the bottom. Move cookies to a cooling rack. Once they are cool put them in the fridge.
- Start by creaming together butter and sour cream and salt. Slowly add powdered sugar. When it gets so thick its not frosting like add a splash of milk. Alternate this process until your frosting is the desired consistency. Add 1 drop of red food coloring and whip on high for 1 minute.
- Keep cookies in a sealed container until they are ready to serve. The magic of a Swig Sugar Cookie is that the cookies are cold and the frosting is room temperature. Frost right before serving (if you make them in advance and need to refrigerate the frosting make sure you give it time to warm up before serving)
- You would be crazy to not pin this for later (or for right now if you are uber motivated.)
Oh, and that hot pink straw in my pictures is actually a color pencil.
FAQs
A typical Swig sugar cookie UNFROSTED has about 293 calories, 15 grams of fat and 14 grams of sugar. My Swig cookies WITH frosting are about 215 calories, 10 grams of fat and about 14 grams of sugar, depending on how much frosting you like to add!
What are the most famous cookies? ›
Some of the most popular cookie flavors include:
- Chocolate chip.
- Peanut butter.
- Peanut butter blossoms.
- Double chocolate chip.
- Snickerdoodle.
- Sugar.
- Shortbread.
- Pumpkin.
Origin. The long history of manufacturing sugar cookies dates back to the 7th century in Persia. However, sugar cookies as known today were first made by Protestan settlers in the Nazareth colony in Pennsylvania in the 17th century. They were baked in the shape of the state symbol, a keystone.
What is swig dirty soda? ›
A combination of soda, coffee creamer, and flavored syrups, the dirty soda has risen from its humble origins as a sweet treat for Utahns who abstain from alcohol and caffeine to an actual business model, evidenced by the growing dirty soda chain Swig, which opened its 50th outpost in the United States in 2023, and its ...
What is a Princess Peach at Swig? ›
Pepper fans, we have a new drink for you, and it's called the Princess Peach. First, we're gonna start with Dr. Pepper, add a splash of peach, and top it off with coconut cream. It's so simple, but this is such a good drink.
What is the #1 cookie in the world? ›
Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.
What is the #1 cookie in the US? ›
Nearly 93% of all American households serve and enjoy cookies as treats or after meals. However, it's the chocolate chip cookie that's the most popular in the U.S. and around the world. How much do youknow about chocolate chip cookies?
What is the #1 cookie in the United States? ›
1 Chocolate Chip Cookie (No Further Description Necessary)
America's favorite cookie and the one dubbed “the American cookie” is the Chocolate chip cookie.
What is the best selling cookie in the world? ›
Oreo. Oreo is the world's best-selling cookie and has been a favorite for over 100 years.
What is the 2nd most popular cookie? ›
Nabisco Oreo was the second ranked cookie brand of the United States with about 674.2 million U.S. dollars worth of sales in 2017.
Sugar cookies were also called gemmells, crybabies, gimbletts, cimbellines, jumbles, and plunketts.
What is a fun fact about sugar cookies? ›
The modern sugar cookie was originally called the Nazareth Sugar Cookie, after German Protestants who settled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and improved the recipe. When forming the dough, they made the cookies resemble the state's keystone emblem.
What country invented sugar cookies? ›
Let's have a hearty hip-hip-hooray for the German Protestants, who settled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and invented the early sugar cookie. Their crumbly cookie made with butter and shaped into round or keystone shapes were a sweet hit from their formation in the late 1700s.
How much sugar is in the average sugar cookie? ›
Sugar cookies nutrition facts and analysis per 1 cookie (29.0 g)
| Carbohydrates |
|---|
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|
| Sugars | 8.00 g |
| Sugars, added | 8.00 g |
| Net carbs | 19 g |
2 more rowsBut did you ever wonder just how much sugar is in a sugar cookie? It varies by who's making it, of course. However, according to the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (Release 27), one commercially prepared, regular sugar cookie with vanilla has 4.64 grams of sugar.
How many calories in a swig social sugar cookie? ›
There are 293 calories in 1 cookie of Swig Sugar Cookie. * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet.
How much sugar is in a standard cookie? ›
How much sugar is in a cookie? A typical chocolate chip cookie contains 11 grams of sugar per 33-gram serving while a carrot cake has 31 grams of sugar per 90-gram serving. A sweetened cereal can contain 11 grams of sugar per 30-gram serving. So some of our favorite treats are about one-third sugars.”
