Taylor is back with another truly delicious dessert recipe! For this Infused Sugar Cookies Recipe, you can choose to infuse it with your favorite Seed & Smith strain’s cannabutter wax weed, or eat them sans-cannabis. And what’s not to love about infused holiday cookies? Celebrate the holidays and have a little fun while you’re having a little fun. Taylor adapted this recipe from one of Sally’s Baking Addiction recipes. Here’s what you’ll need to make it happen:

Ingredients: 

• 2 and 1/4 cups (281g) all-purpose flour (spoon & leveled)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature – I replaced 1 ½ tablespoons with cannabutter
• 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional, but makes the flavor outstanding)*
• Royal Icing or Easy Glaze Icing

Instructions:

*all baking for these steps were followed directly. The only difference is the cannabutter and the way I decorated my infused holiday cookies. 

1. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on high speed until completely smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, and almond extract (if using) and beat on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl and beat again as needed to combine.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until combined. Dough will be relatively soft. If the dough seems too soft and sticky for rolling, add 1 more Tablespoon of flour.
4. Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Place each portion onto a piece of lightly floured parchment paper or a lightly floured silicone baking mat. With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness. Use more flour if the dough seems too sticky. The rolled-out dough can be any shape, as long as it is evenly 1/4-inch thick.
5. Lightly dust one of the rolled-out doughs with flour. Place a piece of parchment on top. (This prevents sticking.) Place the 2nd rolled-out dough on top. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil, then refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours and up to 2 days.
6. Once chilled, preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line 2-3 large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Carefully remove the top dough piece from the refrigerator. If it’s sticking to the bottom, run your hand under it to help remove it– see me do this in the video above. Using a cookie cutter, cut the dough into shapes. Re-roll the remaining dough and continue cutting until all is used. Repeat with 2nd piece of dough. (Note: It doesn’t seem like a lot of dough, but you get a lot of cookies from the dough scraps you re-roll.)
7. Arrange cookies on baking sheets 3 inches apart. Bake for 11-12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. If your oven has hot spots, rotate the baking sheet halfway through bake time. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.
8. Decorating ingredients:
   1. 4 cups (480g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted (I use and recommend Domino brand)
   2. 3 Tablespoons meringue powder (not plain egg white powder)
   3. 9–10 Tablespoons room temperature water
   4. optional for decorating: gel food coloring, edible glitter, edible gold, sprinkles, rock candy.
      
9. Decorating instructions:
   1. In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat all of the icing ingredients together on high speed for 1.5 – 2 minutes. When lifting the whisk up off the icing, the icing should drizzle down and smooth out within 5-10 seconds. If it’s too thick, add a little more water. (On particularly dry days, I use up to 12-14 Tablespoons water total.) If it’s too thin, add a little more sifted confectioners’ sugar.
   2. Icing completely dries in about 2 hours at room temperature. If you’re layering royal icing onto cookies for specific designs and need it to set quickly, place cookies in the refrigerator to help speed it up. See blog post above for make-ahead and freezing instructions.
   3. Place icing in piping bag or sandwich bag you can cut a tiny hole in the corner of. Outline the space on the cookies you are wanting to ice. Begin filling the center of outline from outside to inside, icing will be super flowy but will harden quickly so if you are using glitter or gold and want the splash effect or for the gold to lay flat with the icing, design while icing is still wet. Place any sprinkles while wet also for better sticking.
   4. You can combine glitter with alcohol like vodka to paint on set icing, and they can also be decorated with glitter and gold post drying but will look different. Tastes incredible with extra or just the basic icing!

We know you’ll love these infused holiday cookies! After you’ve made a batch, leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts in the comments below or tag us on the Seed and Smith Facebook or Seed and Smith Instagram.