Root Beer Float Cookies-Bring back memories from childhood in a cookie!
If I had to choose one type of dessert as a favorite, it would be cookies. Cookies are easy to make and easy to eat. They can feed a crowd. They store well. They always look good. They always create a memory when eaten. Or a reminder of cookies gone by. Baked with love, still warm from the oven, with a glass of cold milk standing near by.
And the possibilities are endless! Most cookies have the same base ingredients. Butter/margarine/shortening, Sugar, Eggs, Flour, salt, Baking soda. What sets cookies apart from one another are the Flavorings added into the regular cookie base.
I grew up on McCormick Extracts. As far back as I can remember, my mom used them, my Grandma used them and I have always used them. Probably generations before that were using them. I might have a bit of a problem when it comes to how much I love their extracts.
(this is my stash of flavorings taken from my baking cabinet!)
McCormick is celebrating it’s 125th anniversary this year! They are the largest producer of extracts, not just in the US but globally! As you can see, I’ve always been a supporter!
Just a teaspoon of extract can change a vanilla cookie to an orange cookie or a chocolate cookie into a mint chocolate cookie.
McCormick’s Root Beer Concentrate, developed in 1889, caused the trending sensation of Root Beer floats and home Root Beer brewing in the early 1900’s. I never really thought about the history of some of the products I’ve always used, I just knew they were trusted brands, handed down from one generation to the next.
Invited to help McCormick celebrate their anniversary, I wanted to make something that took it all back to the beginning. Back when Willoughby McCormick was selling his products door to door. Their Root Beer Extract one of the first. Root Beer Float Cookies were the immediate answer. The great flavor combination of a root beer cookie and a vanilla filling, just like the famous drink.
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Root Beer Float Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons McCormick Root Beer Concentrate
- 3 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
buttercream filling
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons shortening (Crisco)
- 2 Cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon McCormick Vanilla Extract
- 1-2 tablespoons cream or milk
Instructions
- Using a mixer, cream together butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time and then McCormick Root Beer Concentrate, making sure to scrape down sides of the bowl.
- Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly add flour mixture to your batter until all combined.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto a parchment lined baking sheet. (I use a 1 tablespoon Cookie Scoop
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- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 8 minutes. Let cool on tray 5 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.
- Prepare filling. Cream together butter and shortening until smooth. Add in McCormick Vanilla extract. Slowly add in powdered sugar then add in cream until desired spreading consistency is reached.
- Spread filling on bottom of one cookie then place another cookie on top to create a sandwich.
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Notes
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This post was sponsored by McCormick but all opinions are my own.
Tina Muir says
Im right there with you on cookies! And love that you have made them into root beer floats! What a perfect dessert, especially with that big center of frosting! Perfect! I did not know root beer concentrate exists, but now I will have to go on the hunt for it!
Audrey says
I picked up two bottles of the concentrate on the clearance rack a few weeks ago, with no idea what I was going to do with it. Now, I know. These look awesome!
Julia says
Ok, looked EVERYWHERE today for root beer extract or concentrate. They had every other flavor. No root beer. I bought root beer syrup instead. Now, how much would I use of the syrup in place of the extract? Thank you!!
Rachel@ {i love} my disorganized life says
My mom uses McCormick, we use McCormick- it’s the brand we trust! Seriously can not wait to try these cookies! They sound so good!
latanya says
I love baking lemon cookies with my son #flavorstory
Amy says
What a coincidence, I was just craving root beer floats today so I served them with our grilled brats for dinner- YUM, even using diet root beer for mine. Then I saw your gorgeous looking lemon strawberry bread on someone’s link party, came to your sight, and then got distracted when I saw these cookies! Since I am on a root beer I will have to try these:)
Becca says
We ALWAYS had McCormick extracts around the house growing up. I think my favorite will always be old reliable vanilla. My cookies just wouldn’t be the same without it! I can’t wait to give these babies a shot, though- root beer floats are my weakness! 🙂
Cindy Eikenberg says
Joan, these cookies sound amazing and I can’t stop smiling over your photo of the McCormick extracts! They were a staple (and still are!) in my house growing up! We live about 10 minutes away from the McCormick headquarters and I love to just smell the air when I drive by. 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing at Best of the Weekend – hope you’re having a fabulous week!
sue/the view from great island says
I’m an extract collector from way back, I love the flavor boost they give, especially in baked goods…these cookies are ingenious, I’ve never tried root beer extract!
Erin @ Making Memories says
Your cookies look wonderful! PInned them and I can’t wait to make them. And holy cow! You have so many flavors! That’s so awesome.
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Nicole says
This sounds delicious!!! I’m not much of a baker, but I LOVE root beer. I might have to try this.
-Nicole
Ging says
I was just wondering if the root beer flavor is strong or on the mild side as far as taste? These look so good and I want to try them as soon as I get the flavoring.
Winnie says
i am putting a small scoop of vanilla ice cream in instead of filling and freezing them thanks!
Joan Hayes says
What a great idea!
Debra Perli says
I am disappointed in the lack of flavor in these cookies. I love the filling and will use it for other recipes, but the Root Beer Flavor did not come through. Maybe I will add the Root Beer extract to the filling if I ever make them again.