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the sandlot baseball dirt cookies

baseball dirt cookies
[category] Dessert
[published] June 29, 2021
[PREP] 25 minutes
[COOK] 10 minutes
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Ingredients

dirt cookies

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt

frosting

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • red food coloring

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and mix again.
  2. Add flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined. The dough should be soft, but not too sticky. If it is sticky, add 1 tbsp additions of flour until it is not sticky.
  3. Using a large cookie scoop (1/4 cup) scoop out the dough onto a lined baking sheet. Bake up to 6 dough balls at a time on a normal sized baking sheet. Bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes.
  4. While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting. Add the butter to a bowl and mix for 2-3 minutes. Add vanilla and powdered sugar and mix for an additional 2-3 minutes. Add frosting to a piping bag.
  5. Once cookies are completely cooled, spread frosting on each cookie. If you want the smooth frosting look, let the frosting sit on the cookies for a few minutes then smooth it over with your hands by gently pressing down on the frosting.
  6. Dye the leftover frosting red and pipe it onto the cookies to look like the baseball stitching. Enjoy!!