Sugar Cookies With Buttercream Frosting Recipes

SUGAR COOKIES WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Arrange oven rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F (200°C). (If you can't fit two cookie sheets on one rack, arrange in upper and lower thirds and plan to rotate during baking.) Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy with a hand mixer. Add in this order, mixing fully between each addition: the egg, vanilla, salt, and baking powder; beat until fluffy again. Add flour ½ cup at a time, beating to just incorporate each addition, and adding 1 to 2 tablespoons of cold water before last addition of flour to moisten dough. Dough should look like a bowl of pebbles after last addition of flour. Set mixer aside and knead dough in bowl until it just comes together, about 10 turns.
• Roll (or pat or smush) dough between parchment to a ¼-inch (6mm) thick 9 1/2-inch (24-cm) wide round. Pop into the freezer for 15 minutes until dough is hard. Remove top sheet of parchment and cut cookies as desired. Place cut dough on parchment-lined cookie sheets. Gather scraps and re-roll dough once (no need to freeze again).
• Bake cookies until edges are just puffed and center has a slight crust/skin but hasn't taken on any color around edges, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and slide parchment onto cooling racks; let cookies cool completely before frosting with a nice schmear. Let frosting firm before serving. Store in an airtight container; cookies are best the next day.
• Beat butter until smooth and fluffy, then gradually incorporate powdered sugar. Add milk and vanilla and beat until fluffy and lightened by a few shades and vanilla is evenly distributed.
• Cover and keep cool-but don't refrigerate-until ready to frost cookies, up to a few hours.

SUGAR COOKIES WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until well blended using a sturdy spoon. Chill dough for 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 4 to 6 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove cookies from pan and cool on wire racks.
• Using an electric mixer, beat shortening, confectioners sugar, water, salt, vanilla extract, and butter flavoring until fluffy. Frost cookies after they have cooled completely.

SUGAR COOKIE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whip butter for a 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy on high speed.
• Whip in vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt.
• On medium/low speed begin adding in powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time until all is incorporated.
• Mix at high speed for 2-3 minutes until nice and creamy.
• Spread on top of cookies or place frosting in a large piping bag with a large star tip to achieve a more intricate design. To pipe the swirl, start from the inside and swirl to the outside.
• Makes 2 cups of frosting, which is enough to generously frost about (24) 2.5" circle cookies.

MAMA'S DELICIOUS SUGAR COOKIES AND BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Cookie directions:.
• Flour cutting board well.
• Roll out 1/3 of dough out at a time (if using cutouts).
• If not using cutouts, roll into small balls and place onto a large cookie sheet.
• If using cutouts, use cookie cutouts and use a spatula to place on a large cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for about 8-10 minutes, or until slightly browned.
• Wait until cooled to put frosting on.
• Frosting directions:.
• Mix powdered sugar and butter.
• Stir in milk and vanilla.
• Beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency.
• Yield: frosting makes enough to frost a 9 by 13-inch cake.

BUTTER ICING FOR SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine confectioners' sugar butter, vanilla and milk, beating until creamy. Thin with a few more drops of milk (if necessary) to reach desired spreading consistency. Stir in optional food coloring. Spread frosting over cooled cookies and decorate with colored sugar, if desired.

BUTTERCREAM FROSTING-SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add granulated sugar and 1/4 tsp. vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.
• Meanwhile, beat remaining butter and vanilla with 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar in separate large bowl with mixer until blended. Add milk and remaining powdered sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes with 3- to 4-inch cookie cutters, rerolling scraps as necessary.
• Place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets.
• Bake 12 to 15 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Spoon cream cheese frosting into pastry bag fitted with desired tip; use to pipe frosting onto cookies. Top with sprinkles.

SUGAR COOKIES WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream together shortening, egg, vanilla and sugar.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture in three phases, alternating with the three tablespoons of milk.
• Chill in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes. At this point the dough can be kept overnight in the fridge or for several months in the freezer.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Flour a smooth surface, and roll the dough to 1/4 inch, working with about half the dough at a time. Put the remaining dough in the fridge to stay chilled. Cut out the cookies with cookie cutters of your choice.
• Place cut-out cookies on a cookie sheet, and bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Allow cookies to cool before decorating with frosting.
• Buttercream Frosting: Cream softened butter and sugar. Beat in vanilla and milk, adding milk by teaspoons and beating until frosting is smooth and of desired spreading consistency.