Mouth Watering BIG Soft Frosted Cut Out Sugar Cookies
From chefmama 16 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 16
The best sugar cookie recipe I've found! Make them big and thick and they resemble gourmet cookies! Timing is everything, so don't let them get brown! You will have big soft cookies with a great frosting that hardens, but doesn't get too hard!
Ingredients
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- 3/4 Cup butter flavored shortening shopping list
- 1 Cup white sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon milk shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 1/2 Cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon salt shopping list
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- 1 Tablespoon butter shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 1/2 Cups confectioner's sugar shopping list
- 3 Tablespoons milk shopping list
- food coloring (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- In a large bowl, cream together: shortening and white sugar until smooth
- Beat in eggs one at a time
- Stir in milk and vanilla
- Combine with flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the creamed mixture. (sift dry ingredients for best result)
- Cover & chill for at least an hour
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Lightly grease cookie sheet or use parchment paper
- Roll out dough to 1/4 thickness on lightly floured surface
- Cut desired shapes
- Place cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart on cookie sheet
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes - do not wait for them to brown ... take them out with a very slight browning underneath or no brown at all
- Let cookies rest on cookie sheet for 2 minutes
- Cool on wire rack completely before frosting
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- Frosting
- In a small bowl cream butter and vanilla together
- Add confectioner's sugar, mix with spatula
- Mix in milk one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency - may add more than 3 tablespoons
- Stir in food color in desired
- Decorate cookies, dry on wire racks or wax paper
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
I was looking for a nice soft sugar cookie and thanks to you looks like I have found one!!5
m2googee
in Tomball loved it
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These sound like something I could really sink my teeth in! Yum
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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Yum! Thanks!
debbie919
in Manahawkin loved it
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