Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe
This soft sugar cookie recipe tastes just like the ones from the store, but better. You will love how soft and chewy they are and the frosting is amazing!
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 321kcal
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 to 1½ pounds powdered sugar
- candy sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- 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 1/4 to 1/2 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!
- After baking, move cookies to a cooling rack to cool before frosting.
FROSTING
- Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and mix until desired consistency. Add food coloring if desired.
- Spread frosting over cooled cookies. If adding sprinkles, add them immediately after frosting.
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Notes
- For large cookies (about 3 inch cookie cutter), you will get 15-16 cookies. With a smaller cookie cutter, you will get about 2 dozen.
- The number one tip I can give you for this soft sugar cookies recipe is that you absolutely MUST NOT over-bake them! That is the key to making them soft. They may look under-baked when you take them out in 10-12 minutes, but they will cook a little more on the hot pan.
- If you don't have a round cookie cutter, then you can use the top of a glass.
- Use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat to keep cookies from sticking to the baking sheet.
Nutrition
Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 190mg | Potassium: 82mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 370IU | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg