These soft sugar cookies taste just like the ones you buy at the store. I always make these around the holidays using Christmas themed cookie cutters. My girls love to take over from there and do their own creative decorating!
Ingredients
- 2/3 c. shortening
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 c. milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 c. flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 8 oz. cream cheese-softened
- 1/4 c. butter, softened
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 to 1½ lbs powdered sugar
Cream Cheese Frosting:
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Beat shortening and sugar together.
- Add eggs, milk and vanilla
- In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Slowing add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
- Mix together until you can form a large dough ball.
- On floured surface, roll out dough ball until about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.
- Use cookie cutters (or rim of a drinking glass) to cut cookie shapes out of dough.
- Place cookies on lightly sprayed cookie sheet.
- Bake about 10-12 minutes. DON'T OVERCOOK OR THEY WILL BE HARD!
- For frosting...beat together cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Add powdered sugar to desired consistency. Spread over cooled cookies.
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I just made these and they are fantastic! I’ll be using a different frosting but the cookies are amazing.
can I use unsalted butter instead of the crisco?
thanks
Yes, that’s fine.
Excited to try these <3
Hey thanks for the recipe they are fantastic!!!
Can’t wait to make these for Valentines Day!
will using butter instead of shortening ange the chewy ness of the cookies? thanks
It will taste a little different, but still work fine!