Sugar Cookie Latte
A Sugar Cookie Latte is a cozy, café-style coffee drink with smooth espresso, creamy milk, and sweet sugar cookie flavors with hints of vanilla and almond—perfectly comforting, lightly sweet, and ideal for sipping any time of year ☕🍪
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 2 teaspoon cake batter extract
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream optional for extra richness
Sugar Cookie Latte
- 3 teaspoons Nescafe blonde espresso powder
- 3 ounces hot water
- 2 tablespoons sugar cookie syrup
- 6 ounces almond milk chilled for iced, steamed for hot
- Ice
- Nonpareil sprinkles red and green
Instructions
Step 1: Make the Sugar Cookie Syrup
- Place the water and brown sugar into a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir the mix until the sugar dissolves. Let it come to a gentle simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat.
- Whisk in the cake batter extract, vanilla extract, almond extract, and the pinch of salt.
- If you want a creamy sugar cookie latte starbucks creamer style base, stir in the 3 tablespoons of heavy cream now.
- Pour the syrup into a glass jar and let it cool.
Step 2: Prepare the Coffee Base
- Put 3 teaspoons of the blonde espresso powder into your glass.
- Add the 3 ounces of hot water and stir until the powder is gone. This creates a concentrated “shot” of coffee.
Step 3: Mix the Latte
- Add 2 tablespoons of your cooled sugar cookie latte syrup to the espresso. Stir well.
- For an Iced Latte: Fill the glass with ice. Pour the 6 ounces of cold almond milk over the top.
- For a Hot Latte: Steam or froth the almond milk until it is hot and bubbly. Pour it into the mug with the espresso mix.
Step 4: Add the Finishing Touch
- Shake a few red and green nonpareil sprinkles on top. Serve your copycat Starbucks sugar cookie latte immediately while the bubbles are fresh.