Description
Delicious sugar cookies topped with creamy frosting and fun sprinkles.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for surface)
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 4 oz. cream cheese (softened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
- 3/4 cup butter (softened)
- 2 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Food coloring
- Sprinkles (for decorating)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt together, set aside.
- In another large bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter, cream cheese, and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract and beat until well combined. Add dry ingredients and beat until just combined.
- Transfer dough to plastic wrap and smooth into a disc. Dough will still be soft and sticky at this point. Refrigerate dough until well chilled, at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350° and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment. Lightly flour surface and place dough on counter. Dust top of dough with flour as well. Roll dough out to ½” thick. Use a 3” round cookie cutter to cut cookies and place on prepared baking sheets 2” apart. Gather scraps and re-roll to cut to cut out more cookies.
- Bake until edges are just set, but centers are still slightly underdone, 10 to 12 minutes until they are set and it is very important not to overbake them. Let cool completely on baking sheets.
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, beat softened butter, heavy cream, vanilla, salt and powdered sugar until completely smooth and creamy approximately 2-5 minutes. Add desired food coloring and beat again to combine.
- Use an offset spatula to frost tops of cooled cookies with a thick amount of frosting, then top with sprinkles.
Notes
- Ensure that the dough is chilled thoroughly before rolling out for best results.
- For a fun twist, add different food coloring and decorations for events.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg