How to Make Back-to-School Cookies - A Step-by-Step Guide

As summer comes to a close and the kids head back to school, it's important to have some delicious and nutritious snacks on hand for those after-school cravings. These Back-to-School Cookies are the perfect solution. Packed with wholesome ingredients, these cookies are not only a tasty treat, but also a healthy option for kids and adults alike.

Made with rolled oats, whole wheat flour, and natural sweeteners, these cookies are a great source of fiber and energy to keep your little one...

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ½ cup confectioners' sugar, or as needed
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice, or as needed
  • assorted food coloring

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 12 mins
  • Additional Time: 3 hrs 30 mins
  • Total Time: 4 hrs 12 mins
  • Servings: 36
  • Yield: 3 dozen cookies

  • Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat until well mixed. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and stir into the creamed butter mixture alternately with the heavy cream until dough is evenly mixed. Chill dough in refrigerator, 2 to 3 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Roll cookie dough on a floured work surface. Cut dough into strips about 2 1/2 inches long and about as thick as a pencil, forming one end into a point. Arrange "pencils" on the prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 14minutes. Transfer parchment paper with cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Mix enough confectioners' sugar and lemon juice together in a bowl to form a thick icing. Divide icing among several small bowls and mix different colors of food coloring into each bowl.
  • Decorate "pencil" cookies with colored icing so they look like colored pencils. Allow icing to dry completely.
  • Nutrition

    131 cal.

    • Total Fat: 6g
    • Saturated Fat: 4g
    • Cholesterol: 26mg
    • Sodium: 73mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 17g
    • Dietary Fiber: 0g
    • Total Sugars: 7g
    • Protein: 2g
    • Vitamin C: 0mg
    • Calcium: 21mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 21mg