Soft Sugar Cookies
These soft sugar cookies with buttercream frosting are a sweet and delicious treat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 7 cups flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- zest of one lemon optional
Frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- About 1 Tbs milk or more for whatever consistency you like
- 1/2 cup shortening
- Sprinkles
- Food coloring of choice. I used red and yellow to make orange
- Cookie cutter of choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Cream together margarine and sugar. (You can use butter, but margarine is cheaper and works well)
- Add in eggs and vanilla and beat for 1 minute.
- In separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a mixer with paddle attachment add in the dry ingredients slowly while simultaneously adding the milk. Stir in lemon zest at this point if using it.
- Roll out on well floured surface. You want it to be about a 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut out your cookies. They hold the shape really well.
- Spray a baking sheet.
- Bake for 5 minutes. Do not bake longer!
- Put on cooling rack.
- Frost.
Frosting
- Beat together the butter vanilla and powdered sugar. Add a little milk for consistency. Then whip in the shortening.