Description
Cute, single-serve sugar cookie shells filled with creamy frosting or chocolate ganache — perfect for gifting or a cozy dessert plate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup (113 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups (220 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Buttercream or cream cheese frosting (for filling)
- Chocolate ganache (for filling)
- Jam (optional filling)
- Pink heart sprinkles (for decoration)
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract, mixing until combined.
- Fold in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt until just combined.
- Chill the dough for 20-30 minutes if it feels soft.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Use a mini cookie scoop to portion 1-tablespoon mounds of dough into a greased 24-cup mini muffin tin.
- Press the center of each mound with the back of a small spoon to form cups.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes, or until the edges are light golden.
- Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
- Fill the cooled cups with buttercream, ganache, or jam and decorate as desired.
Notes
Chill the dough to help maintain cookie cup shape. Use a small scoop for uniform portions.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 12
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 30mg