CHRISTMAS SOFT FROSTED SUGAR COOKIES

Sugar cookies are a classic, crowd-pleasing cookie. They are soft, slightly sweet, and decorated in eye-catching frosting and sprinkles. Talk about a beautiful addition to your next holiday cookie tray! If you like sugar cookies, you’re going to love my recipe for Christmas soft frosted sugar cookies.

My goal with this recipe was to make an easy sugar cookie that didn’t require any fancy ingredients. The cookies also had to be soft and not too sweet – that’s what the frosting is for. I also wanted to make an easy to follow recipe without any difficult or time consuming steps. This recipe is perfect, you’ll love it.

I chose to frost my cookies with a buttercream rosette. Check out this quick video on how to make a simple rosette with frosting. It’s surprisingly easy, and makes your cookies look professionally decorated. Plus, you can frost a whole batch in minutes! It’s that easy.

Ingredients
Sugar Cookies

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Buttercream Frosting

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3 cups confectioner's sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2-3 teaspoons heavy cream

Instructions
Sugar Cookies

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Beat for a full 3 minutes, mixture will look fluffy.
2. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. 
3. ...........................................

for full instruction please see : thetoastykitchen.com

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