Any Disney fan will go completely nuts for these Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies. This fail-proof sugar cookie recipe is insanely delicious!
Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookie Recipe
So excited to share The BEST Sugar Cookie Recipe with you today…and Mickey Mouse shaped! If you’ve got Disney-Fan family and friends, these are going to make them so happy! With a few tips and tricks, I’ll have you on your way to making your own adorable homemade Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies!
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Where Can I Find a Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutter?
I’ve found the best place to find a Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutter is searching Amazon. I have the metal set of 5 that fit inside of each other. They’re less than $10 and tons of fun to use for cookies. Most local Disney Stores also carry them along with the gift shops at Disney Parks. Check the Emporium on Main Street, U.S.A.
What You’ll Need
- butter– For most of my cooking and baking I use salted butter. Unsalted is fine as well.
- cream cheese– Use full fat cream cheese for best results.
- granulated sugar– This fine white sugar gives the cookies their sweetness.
- eggs- For consistency, use large eggs.
- vanilla– Use pure vanilla extract for best flavor.
- all-purpose flour– Flour is the main dry ingredient in the cookies.
- kosher salt– Kosher salt is a coarse salt.
How To Make Homemade Sugar Cookies
To start making homemade sugar cookies, you’ll need a stand mixer with paddle attachment. See recipe below for full details. One big tip is, have your cream cheese and butter softened ahead of time. It’s no fun to have to wait for those to soften when you are ready to get started. Follow recipe instructions to make dough then divide into two halves, shape into discs, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours before rolling.
When dough is chilled, roll onto a floured countertop, 1/4-1/2 inch thick. Use your Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutter to cut cookie shapes. I use a spatula to transfer the cookie cut outs carefully to the baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, until edges start to turn golden. Remove and let cool completely.
Use your favorite cookie cutters to cut out sugar cookies! Carefully use a spatula to transfer cookies to baking sheet.
Arrange cut cookies onto baking sheet and bake!
How To Make Sugar Cookie Icing
See my Sugar Cookie Icing post for more photos, it could not be more simple to prepare. Full instructions listed in recipe below as well.
Use your favorite sprinkles to decorate your Mickey Mouse Cookies! Anything goes, have fun with icing colors and toppings.
Let your icing set up completely before serving or packaging for gifts. To be safe, give it 2 hours before packaging. Enjoy!
How To Serve
Serve cookies room temperature for any occasion sugar cookies are needed. Great for parties and holidays.
Leftovers
Store any leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days.
Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookie Recipe
Equipment
- Oven
- baking sheet
- Rolling Pin
- plastic wrap
- cookie cutters
- refrigerator/freezer
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 4 sticks butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 6 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Sugar Cookie Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 1/2 teaspoons milk
- 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
Instructions
- Place butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add cream cheese and beat another 2 minutes. Slowly add sugar, beating another 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add egg yolks one at a time then vanilla extract. Turn mixer off for a minute. Mix flour and salt in large mixing bowl. Turn mixer back on low speed and add 1/3 of flour mixture beating until combined. Add the next 1/3 of flour mixture beating until combined, then the final 1/3 flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
- Transfer dough to a lightly floured counter top or on top of floured parchment paper. With floured hands, knead a few times folding dough in half then pressing and in half again. Divide dough into 2 equal parts forming discs. Wrap each disc with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours before using or freeze for 45 minutes-1 hour before using.
- When dough has been chilled, roll dough into 1/4-1/2 inch thick large round onto a lightly floured counter top. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Use cookie cutters to cut desired cookie shapes and transfer to baking sheets. Cookies can be close to each other. Very minimal spreading. Bake cookies for 15 minutes, until lightly golden on edges. Let cool completely before icing.
- To prepare icing place powdered sugar into a medium mixing bowl. Stir in milk until smooth then add corn syrup beating until smooth. Divide icing into bowls and add food coloring as desired. Dip or paint cookies with a brush. Let dry completely before packaging.
Nutrition
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I come back to this recipe time and time again. I try a different recipe and find that this one is the best with the most consistent results. Thank you!!!
Please inform me how many grams in 4 sticks of butter
Hi
There are 113g in each stick of butter so 4 sticks = 452g
Hope this helps
This is so cute! Thank you for sharing! I love this idea!
I made these cookies! They were great, easy to handle dough when making cut outs. A really nice dough. I also used them to make stars and trees for Christmas, they were fabulous!
I made this recipe today to do large Mickey cutouts. This is my new favorite sugar dough recipe. So very easy to make and work with.
It brings me back to my childhood. My mother used to do that. Amazing!