Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
These delightful sugar cookies are irresistibly soft and buttery, making them a beloved treat for all ages. Their simplicity in preparation is matched only by the joy children find in frosting them, often savoring each lick of the sweet topping. The addition of butter flavoring to the buttercream enhances the overall taste, and this ingredient can be easily located in the baking aisle of most supermarkets alongside other flavorings like vanilla.
Ingredients
- Butter
- White Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Shortening
- Confectioners' Sugar
- Water
- Salt additional
- Vanilla Extract additional
- Butter Flavoring Extract
Instructions
- Begin by creaming together the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in a spacious bowl, using an electric mixer until the mixture is light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually incorporate this flour mixture into the butter mixture, stirring with a sturdy spoon until well combined. Chill the dough for two hours to enhance its texture.
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius). On a lightly floured surface, roll out the chilled dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch. Use cookie cutters to create your desired shapes and place the cookies two inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 4 to 6 minutes. Once baked, transfer them from the pan and allow them to cool on wire racks.
- To prepare the buttercream frosting, use an electric mixer to beat together the shortening, confectioners' sugar, water, additional salt, both vanilla extracts, and butter flavoring until the mixture is fluffy. Once the cookies have cooled completely, proceed to frost them generously with the buttercream.