sugar cookies with icing

licklick11
licklick11 @cook_3546231
Hinesville, Georgia

Perfect sugar cookie recipe. I had so many compliments on them. A lot of fun to decorate as well. I let my kids cut out the cookies and I decorated them later. Icing can be tricky so I just added the milk very slowly till I had the right consistency.

sugar cookies with icing

Perfect sugar cookie recipe. I had so many compliments on them. A lot of fun to decorate as well. I let my kids cut out the cookies and I decorated them later. Icing can be tricky so I just added the milk very slowly till I had the right consistency.

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Ingredients

15 mins
60 servings
  1. 1 1/2 cupsoftened butter
  2. 2 cupsugar
  3. 4eggs
  4. 1 tspvanilla
  5. 5 cupflour
  6. 2 tspbaking powder
  7. 1 tspsalt
  8. 2 cupconfectioners sugar
  9. 2 tspmilk
  10. 1food coloring

Cooking Instructions

15 mins
  1. 1

    In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.

  2. 2

    Beat in eggs and vanilla.

  3. 3

    Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.

  4. 4

    Cover and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

  5. 5

    Roll out dough on flour-dusted surface to 1/2 inch thickness. Use cookie cutters.

  6. 6

    Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

  7. 7

    6-8 minutes in 400°F preheated oven.

  8. 8

    Let cookies cool completely before icing.

  9. 9

    Mix confectioners sugar and milk to make icing with desired food coloring. Adjust consistency of icing by added very small amounts of milk at a time.

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