Howdy!
I love to bake and often experiment with ideas to come up with new cookie recipes. Or try out unusual ingredients.
Root beer is a well-liked flavor at our house, so when I saw a recipe for Root Beer Cookies, I knew I had to give them a whirl!
Root Beer Cookies
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup butter
1 egg
¼ cup buttermilk
2 teaspoon root beer extract (or concentrate)
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 375?.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add egg, beating well. Beat in buttermilk and root beer extract.
Combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to creamed mixture.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. (I like to line mine with parchment.)
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Remove to wire racks to cool.
Root Beer Frosting
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter (softened)
1 tablespoon root beer extract
Mix powdered sugar with softened butter, and root beer concentrate.
Frost cookies.
Store in airtight container up to five days.
Yield: approx. 24 cookies
NOTE: You can cut back the root beer extract to 1 teaspoon. We like ours with extra “pop!”
Have you ever baked with soda pop?
Those cookies sound delicious.
I’ve put coca cola in chocolate cake and some other sodas with a cake mix. I’ve used lemon lime soda in place of beer in beer bread.
So fun you’ve experimented with soda when baking. My husband also makes ribs with Dr Pepper that is really good.
I actually haven’t though I’ve seen recipes for cakes with sodas in the mix. I personally am not a fan of root beer soda, I find it very sweet for my liking.
Those cake recipes with soda sound fun. I’m going to have to try it one of these days!
Never have baked with soda pop.
It’s a really different flavor experience.
yes used sprite in dump cakes – have seen orange and grape also used in same situation – we both love root beer too!
So fun! I keep thinking pineapple soda might be fun to use with a cake mix.
Good morning, Shanna. Your root beer cookies sound delicious! Yes – I have used Coke in something, but I do not remember what it was. I also used Sprite of Seven-up in fruit/gelatin salads. It gives a wonderful fizz and a different taste which is delightful. Have a blessed day.
My mom used to make 7-Up fruit salad. It does give it a nice fizzy taste!
I’ve never baked with soda “pop”.
I have few times. It’s a fun and different flavor experience!
I don’t believe I have.
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I made a Coca Cola cake once. It was amazing! I’ve seen a recipe where you just use a cake mix and a can of soda, and it’s supposed to be really good, but I haven’t tried it yet.
I’ve seen those as well. I may have to give it a whirl one of these days. Thank you for stopping in today!
Oh, I loooooove root beer!! I’ve got to try these cookies!
They are yummy!
these sound so interesting. thanks for sharing the recipe. no I have never baked with soda but have wanted to give it a try. now I will do it
My husband and kids love root beer, me? not so much. lol My husband used to buy Root Beer Extract and dry ice and make his own root beer. Will have to make your cookies for them. Thanks for the recipe.
No, I haven’t baked with soda pop. Reading books set in the South, I’ve seen Co’Cola cake mentioned.
The Root Beer cookies sound interesting. I like root beer but have never seen it sold as an extract.
No, I haven’t but those cookies look yummy.
My daughter in law liked to bake a cake using coke… it was good & moist.
These look worth trying. Not big on root beer flavored things but I do love good rootbeer.
I have made a cake using seven-up. It was really good.
The frosting looks pretty! ‘Frost cookies’ doesn’t cover it for me because nothing I’ve ever frosted looked liked that.
I’ve used different sodas in place of eggs and the liquid while making a cake.
I did one with coke before. It was quite tasty.
Hi Shanna, Thank you for sharing this root beer cookies recipe, they sound and look delicious! My husband adds either root beer or coke when he makes pull pork. Have a great day and a great week.
Our family loves root beer, so I will definitely have to give these a try. Like you, there will be no cutting back on the amount of flavoring. I didn’t realize it was available. I’ll have to find it. I have used ginger ale and 7-up in marinades for meats, but not to bake. I did make the chocolate cake using Coca Cola.
Oh my goodness, if I’d have had this recipe I would have made it for my youngest son! He loved root beer! I still might make these just to try them!
I’ve made the Coke Cake, and beer bread. I want to make the 7-Up biscuits.
I always enjoy the recipes at the end of your books.
Thanks for the recipe, the cookies looks delicious. And I definitely never used soda for cooking although I have heard about beer in recipes. I now need to Google for soda recipes.