Homemade Sugar Cookies with Frosting
Author: A Fireman's Wife
Recipe type: Cookies
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Serves: 3-4 dozen
- Cookies
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup sour cream
- Frosting
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- milk (1½ tablespoons for thicker frosting and more to thin it out if you want)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Cream butter in an electric mixer.
- Work in sugar.
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder.
- With the mixer on low add in half of the flour mixture, your sour cream, and then the rest of your flour mixture.
- Chill dough in the refrigerator 2-3 hours.
- When your dough is ready preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- On a floured surface roll out half the dough at a time and cut into shapes.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Let stand on the cookie sheet a few minutes and then transfer them to a wire cooling rack.
- For the frosting cream your butter in an electric mixer until fluffy.
- Add about half of the powdered sugar.
- Beat in milk and vanilla.
- Slowly add in the rest of the powdered sugar and add more milk if needed.
- Divide frosting into separate bowls and add food coloring.
To make your frosting more like a thin glaze use more milk and frost the cookies while they are still hot.
Recipe by A Fireman's Wife at https://afiremanswife.com/2016/12/19/homemade-sugar-cookies/
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