Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting. Finding a trusty sugar cookie dough recipe for your holiday baking needs can be TOUGH. Allow cookies to cool before decorating with frosting. Buttercream Frosting: Cream softened butter and sugar. Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting

You can cook Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

  1. It’s of Cookie dough.
  2. It’s 3/4 cup of sour cream.
  3. You need 1/4 cup of Shortening.
  4. It’s 1/4 cup of Softened butter.
  5. Prepare 1 cup of Granulated Sugar.
  6. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder.
  7. It’s 2 of each eggs.
  8. It’s 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
  9. You need 3 cup of Flour.
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.
  11. You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
  12. You need of frosting.
  13. You need 4 cup of SIFTED powdered sugar. Do not skip the sifting as it will result in grainy frosting.
  14. You need 2 tsp of Vanilla extract.
  15. Prepare 2 tbsp of Heavy Whipping Cream.
  16. You need 3/4 cup of Softened butter.
  17. Prepare 1/4 cup of Vegetable shortening.
  18. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
  19. It’s 1 of Optional: Gel food coloring and Sprinkles.

Whip until frosting is smooth and fluffy. If decorating with sprinkles, be sure to add sprinkles immediately after frosting each cookie, so they stick. Either way, these soft, chewy sugar cookies with buttercream frosting will knock your socks off. They're not too sweet on their own, which makes them the perfect base for my sweet buttercream frosting.

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F..

  2. In a mixer bowl cream together the sour cream, butter and sugar until well blended..

  3. In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs and vanilla extract, add slowly to mixer bowl beating in after each addition. The rule is if you see the egg in the bowl then you are adding too much at a time..

  4. Sift together ALL dry ingredients. Add in 2-3 batches to mixer bowl..

  5. Do not overmix batter as it will yield tough cookies..

  6. Scoop out dough in walnut sized balls, roll in hands, place on cookie sheet and flatten the top slightly.They should be placed 1" apart..

  7. Bake for 6-9 minutes depending on oven. These cookies should not become brown or golden. they should remain white. They will look undercooked. They're not. DO NOT overcook. Every minute baking counts for this recipe..

  8. Remove from oven promptly. To stop them from over baking remove to a cooling rack. Allow to cool before frosting..

  9. For the frosting mix everything in a mixer bowl until smooth and creamy. Add food coloring if desired.Sometimes frosting requires extra powdered sugat, if youd like a little thicker frosting add 1/2 C more of powdered sugar..

  10. Once cooled frost your cookies and decorate with sprinkles. Let frosting crust before stacking/storing..

  11. These taste better when left to sit over night! ENJOY! ^-^.

They're easy to make and in my opinion are just as pretty as a fancy sugar cookie. Stir in the vanilla and one tablespoon of milk. They are a soft and cakey sugar cookie with a generous layer of frosting on top, along with sprinkles. You can find them in many grocery store The frosting is a classic fluffy American buttercream flavored with vanilla extract, and it's a great counterpart for the cakey, not-too-sweet cookie. These Frosted Sugar Cookies are easy to make and don't require any dough chilling.