toffee cut out cookies with toffee icing
It’s funny how sometimes the shortest conversation can be the best part of the day.
I spoke to THE most wonderful woman today on the phone. I really wish the conversation was in person, but 3,000 miles separate us.
It was my husband’s grandmother. She is one of the SWEETEST people I’ve ever met.
She is 89 years old and she is so loving and caring and just hearing her sweet voice on the other end of the phone, made my day.
I so wish we lived close by to sit and share some cookies and tea together. We all miss her so much! We visited with her last summer and we talk about the day we spent with her often. I wish my grandparents were still with us, but I’m so fortunate to have had her welcome me into their family as lovingly as she did. I feel truly blessed to have her in my life.
This was the first time I used toffee extract and well……I’m SURE I’ll be using it again. It has a yummy aroma and tastes so great.
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoon toffee extract (LorAnns)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¾-3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Toffee Icing
- Mix 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon toffee extract
- ivory and warm brown Americolor Coloring
- Mix until smooth and creamy.
- Add a drops or each of the coloring to get a nice warm toffee color.
- Pipe onto cooled cookies with piping bag.
- Toffee Cut Out Cookies:
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Add egg and extracts.
- Blend in flour, baking powder, and salt, adding this mixture one cupful at a time.
- Mix until the dough is well blended and pulls away from sides of bowl.
- Roll out dough on floured surface and cut into desired shapes.
- Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes.
*Icing colors tend to darken as they dry, so keep that in mind when adding in the color.
if you do like toffee you may even like…
marla says
Diane, these cookies look amazing!
Diane says
Thanks Marla!
Shawn @ I Wash...You Dry says
I love love love toffee!! It’s my favorite addition to ice cream. I need to find that toffee extract! Yum!
Heidi @ Bits of Sunshine says
I love these – they are so cute, and oh so neat! I think anything toffee is wonderful!
Diane says
yeah, toffee pretty much has my vote on anything!
Jen @ Jen's Favorite Cookies says
These are gorgeous! And they look delicious! I’ve never seen toffee extract, but now I’ll be looking for it everywhere.
JulieD says
So cute and they sound amazing! Hope you get to see your husband’s grandmother soon!! xo
Brian @ A Thought For Food says
So tender… she sounds like a sweet woman. Just as sweet and delightful as these cookies.
Diane says
Thanks Brian!
Carolyn says
Mmmm, toffee cookies! And your husband’s grandmother sounds like a doll.
Diane says
Thanks for stopping by Carolyn 🙂
[email protected] says
Wow Diane, I’ve never seen toffee extract. Going to look on amazon right now!
Diane says
One sniff and you’ll be hooked it smells wonderful 🙂
Maria says
Cute cookies!
Diane says
Thanks Maria 🙂
alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
omg love these! I am off to tweet and pin them. Too cute Diane!
Diane says
Thanks so much Alison!
Amanda says
These are beautiful and look/sound delicious! I love all things toffee!
Paula says
When you can’t be with the special people in your life, a wonderful phone call goes a long way to helping you feel close. These cookies look and sound delicious.
Russell at Chasing Delicious says
These cookies look scrumptious!
valerie says
Cookie perfection. I love Toffee.
Beth says
Love them! Do you outline & flood like with royal icing? Or is it different? Thanks for your help!
Diane says
I made toffee flavored glaze icing, the recipe was at the bottom of the post, I just moved it so it’s in the printable format. Hopt that is helpful. You can add toffee extract to royal icing if you prefer.
Beth says
I want to try the glaze! I’ve just never used it before & wasn’t sure if you piped it like royal.
Diane says
yes you pipe it on like royal icing, once you achieve the desired consistency you like it pipes on like a dream. It dries shinier than royal icing and is really pretty. I use both, but it’s so easy to whip up a batch of glaze icing it’s my go to icing. I use it the most although I’m slowly converting to royal icing now that I finally got the consistency perfect! Let me know how it goes. It dries really hard, don’t stack until it’s completely dry, just like royal icing.