The Best Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe

The Best Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe

from joyfoodsunshine.com
105 min
32 servings

The Best Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe! They are soft, chewy and don't spread! Plus an easy sugar cookie frosting that tastes great and hardens with a beautiful shine! Making these easy decorated sugar cookies has been our family's holiday baking tradition for 30 years!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup salted butter (softened)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour*
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups powdered sugar (sifted )
  • 3-4 Tablespoons milk (room temperature)
  • 2 ½ Tablespoons light corn syrup
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Gel food coloring (optional)

Directions

  1. 1

    Cream together butter and sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer.

  2. 2

    Use a pastry brush and brush the cookies with a little bit of milk or cream. Then decorate with sprinkles, which will stick to the milk/cream.

  3. 3

    Bake in the preheated oven for 9-10 minutes or until cookies are puffed and just set around the edges.

  4. 4

    Combine all frosting ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk to combine.