Swig Sugar Cookie Recipe (LITERALLY The Best Cookie Known To Man!!) (2024)

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.

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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.

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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.)

Yield: 24 Cookies

This is the original and BEST recipe for copycat Swig sugar Cookies!

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

  1. Cream together Butter, Vegetable Oil, Sugars, Water, and Eggs.
  2. Mix until everything is combined. Your dough should be a little crumbly and not sticky at all.
  3. Roll a golf ball sized ball of dough and place it on your cookie sheet
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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)
  9. You would be crazy to not pin this for later (or for right now if you are uber motivated.)
Happy baking! (And in the spirit of full disclosure, I dont know if this is the actual Swig recipe, it was adapted from a combination of recipes including this one. )

Oh, and that hot pink straw in my pictures is actually a color pencil.

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Swig Sugar Cookie Recipe (LITERALLY The Best Cookie Known To Man!!) (2024)

FAQs

How much sugar is in a swig sugar cookie? ›

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!

How do you make sugar cookie dough taste better? ›

Almond Extract: For a twist on the traditional sugar cookie flavor, try adding a small amount of almond extract. Start with 1/2 teaspoon and adjust according to your preference. Citrus Zest: Incorporate the zest of citrus fruits like lemon, orange, or lime into the dough.

How to improve sugar cookie mix? ›

Easy Add-In: After creating the dough according to the sugar cookie mix instructions, Add 2 tablespoons of sour cream to create a tangier, cakier and all-around more flavorful cookie. Flavor Twist: For a punchier twist, swap the water in the sugar cookie mix instructions for rum, bourbon or coffee liqueur.

How to jazz up sugar cookies? ›

Take plain sugar cookies up a notch with exciting mix-ins like chocolate chips, rainbow sprinkles, toasted chopped nuts, chopped dried fruit or M&M's. Add these after blending your butter and egg into the sugar cookie mix.

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 many spoons of sugar are in a cookie? ›

Typically, a homemade chocolate chip cookie might contain anywhere from 2 to 4 teaspoons of sugar per cookie. This amount combines both the white and brown sugars that are commonly used in recipes to give those cookies their classic, chewy texture and rich, caramel-like flavor.

Should you rest sugar cookie dough? ›

If the dough is not chilled, the cookies might spread too much, resulting in thin and flat cookies. Flavor Development:Chilling the cookie dough allows time for the fats to absorb flavors from other ingredients, such as vanilla and sugars. This helps enhance the overall flavor of the cookies.

Should you cool sugar cookie dough before baking? ›

Popping your dough in the fridge allows the fats to cool. As a result, the cookies will expand more slowly, holding onto their texture. If you skip the chilling step, you're more likely to wind up with flat, sad disks instead of lovely, chewy cookies.

Should you chill sugar cookie dough? ›

Chilling the dough is a key step in making sugar cookies, especially when you're making cut-outs. Even if you're tight on time, make sure to get the dough in the fridge, or even the freezer, even if it's only for a little while. Skip this step, and the dough will be sticky, and much harder to work with.

Can you over mix sugar cookie dough? ›

Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.

What happens when you add extra sugar to cookies? ›

Sugar sweetens the cookies and makes them an enticing golden brown. Adding too little sugar can affect the taste and texture of cookies. Adding too much can cause them to be brittle. Take your time creaming the sugar and butter together at the beginning.

How do you doctor up sugar cookie dough? ›

Add lemon zest and dried blueberries to the sugar cookie dough for a refreshing lemony treat. To make salted caramel thumbprints, roll the sugar cookie dough into balls, press down in the center to make an indentation, fill the center with caramel and sprinkle the dough with sea salt before baking.

Can you roll out store bought sugar cookie dough? ›

Just roll the dough into one inch balls and then coat them in equal parts cinnamon and sugar. Then I press them gently with a glass before baking them according to the directions on the package. That's it!

How do you make store bought sugar cookie dough not spread? ›

Hack #1: Chill your cookie dough before baking to make it easier to work with and to control spread. How does it work? Cookies can spread when baked and lose their shape. To fix this, let your cookie dough rest in the refrigerator for an hour before you roll it out and cut out shapes.

How much sugar is in the average sugar cookie? ›

Sugar cookies nutrition facts and analysis per 1 cookie (29.0 g)
Carbohydrates
NutrientAmount
Sugars8.00 g
Sugars, added8.00 g
Net carbs19 g
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How much added sugar is in a sugar cookie? ›

But 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 much sugar is in the average cookie? ›

Cookie, chocolate chip contains 399 calories per 81 g serving. This serving contains 20 g of fat, 4.1 g of protein and 53 g of carbohydrate. The latter is 27 g sugar and 1.6 g of dietary fiber, the rest is complex carbohydrate.

How much sugar is in sugar cookie dough? ›

English Bay Batter
Nutrition Facts
How much sugar is in Sugar Cookie Dough? Amount of sugar in Sugar Cookie Dough: Sugar 8g-
How much fiber is in Sugar Cookie Dough? Amount of fiber in Sugar Cookie Dough: Fiber 0g0%
How much protein is in Sugar Cookie Dough? Amount of protein in Sugar Cookie Dough: Protein 2g
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