Name: Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 60
Ingredients: Butter - 1 cup; White sugar - 1 cup; Eggs - 2; Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 3 ¼ cups; Baking powder - ½ teaspoon; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Shortening - ½ cup; Confectioners' sugar - 1 pound; Water - 5 tablespoons; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon; Butter flavored extract - ¼ teaspoon

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

1. Butter - 1 cup

2. White sugar - 1 cup

3. Eggs - 2

4. Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon

5. All-purpose flour - 3 ¼ cups

6. Baking powder - ½ teaspoon

7. Baking soda - ½ teaspoon

8. Salt - ½ teaspoon

9. Shortening - ½ cup

10. Confectioners' sugar - 1 pound

11. Water - 5 tablespoons

12. Salt - ¼ teaspoon

13. Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon

14. Butter flavored extract - ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

1. Stage

In a large bowl, mix together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until well blended using a sturdy spoon. Chill dough for 2 hours.

2. Stage

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Stage

Bake for 4 to 6 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove cookies from pan and cool on wire racks.

4. Stage

Using an electric mixer, beat shortening, confectioners sugar, water, salt, vanilla extract, and butter flavoring until fluffy. Frost cookies after they have cooled completely.