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Easy Iced Homerun Cookies

Bree Hester
Updated Aug 29, 2023
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Take us out to the ballgame—especially if you're serving up these fun, baseball cookies made from Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix. You're sure to score a homerun with your favorite baseball fans.

Easy Iced Homerun Cookies

  • Prep Time 60 min
  • Total 8 hr 0 min
  • Servings 10
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

Cookies

Royal Icing

  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup meringue powder
  • 2 lb (7 to 8 cups) powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • White food color, if desired
  • Water
  • Red gel food color

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until dough forms a ball.
  • Step 
    2
    On floured surface with rolling pin, roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with round cookie cutter; place rounds about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    In bowl of electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat water and meringue powder until foamy. Add powdered sugar, corn syrup and lemon extract; mix on low speed until combined, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Increase speed to medium-low; beat 5 minutes. Increase speed again to medium-high; beat until mixture forms stiff peaks. Transfer Royal Icing to airtight container.
  • Step 
    5
    Transfer 1 cup icing to bowl; stir in white food color until bright white. Spoon into decorating bag fitted with small round tip. Pipe outline on outer edge of each cookie. Let icing set 1 hour.
  • Step 
    6
    Transfer another portion of icing to bowl; stir in white food color until bright white. Stir in water, a small amount at a time (about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon), until well blended. Continue to stir in water until icing falls back into itself. Spoon thinned icing into decorating bag fitted with small round tip. Fill center of each cookie with icing. Use knife or toothpick to bring icing to edges. Let cookies set 6 hours or overnight.
  • Step 
    7
    Transfer 1 cup icing to bowl; stir in red food color. Spoon icing into decorating bag fitted with small round tip. Pipe baseball details on cookies. Let icing set until completely dry.

Nutrition

690 Calories
12g Total Fat
5g Protein
140g Total Carbohydrate
113g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
690
Calories from Fat
110
Total Fat
12g
18%
Saturated Fat
7g
35%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
45mg
14%
Sodium
180mg
8%
Potassium
15mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
140g
47%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
113g
Protein
5g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
6%
6%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 7 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
9
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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