Cornbread Sugar Cookie Squares with Honey Butter Frosting

Now I am definitely from the South but I have never heard of these before. ;)

Blessings, Paula

 

 

Cornbread Sugar Cookie Squares with Honey Butter Frosting

Yield: 24 squares

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups whole grain corn flour (this is NOT cornstarch)*
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 Tbsp sour cream
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 recipe Honey Butter Frosting, recipe follows
Honey Butter Frosting
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 3 1/2 Tbsp honey
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/8 tsp salt

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 13 x 9 baking dish, set aside. In a mixing bowl whisk together all-purpose flour, corn flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, whip together butter and sugar until light and fluffy about 3 - 4 minutes. Stir in egg, egg yolk, sour cream and lemon juice. Slowly mix in dry ingredients and stir until well blended. Gently press mixture evenly into buttered dish and bake 16 - 18 minutes until edges are lightly golden. Allow to cool completely then frost with Honey Butter Frosting. Store cookies in a single layer in an airtight container.
Honey Butter Frosting
• Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and whip with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

Notes

*Cornflour can be found in the health foods or gluten free section of the supermarket, if you can't find it there it is also sold online (here). I used Bob's Red Mill brand. This is entirely different from cornstarch so do NOT use cornstarch, I know some people refer to cornstarch as cornflour so I just wanted to clarify here that's not what you use in this recipe.

http://www.cookingclassy.com/2012/02/cornbread-sugar-cookie-squares-with-honey-butter-frosting/