The BEST Soft Sugar Cookie

The BEST Soft Sugar Cookies will be the BEST cookie you will ever eat! They are sweet, soft and so amazingly perfect! They will become your new favorite cookie!

This recipe makes about 5 dozen, depending on how big your cookies (shapes) are! You can easily half the recipe, but we love making them and sharing them!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 9

Servings Cookies (more or less depending on size)

Calories 228kcal

Author Beth, The Butcher’s Wife

Ingredients

The Best Soft Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream *do not use low fat
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 1/2 cups all purpose flour, plus more for rolling

The BEST Frosting

2 lbs. powdered sugar *add more to reach your desired thickness if needed
1 cup butter *softened at room temperature
1 cup shortening *I prefer Butter flavor shortening
8 oz. (one block) cream cheese *softened at room temperature
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp almond extract *vanilla works great too

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350°. Line a baking sheet/cookie sheet with parchment paper (or grease your cookie sheet).
In a large bowl, or your mixer, cream your butter with the sugar. Then add your eggs and mix well.
Add your sour cream and vanilla to the creamed sugar and eggs. Mix well.
Mix the remaining dry ingredients in. Mix well.
On a floured surface roll our your dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes and place cookies on baking sheet/cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (or grease a cookie sheet).
NOTE: This dough is very sticky, so make sure you flour your surface you are rolling the cookies out on, flour your hands and rolling pin also. I sprinkle a bit of flour on the cookie dough in the bowl to help it not be so sticky!
If you are not wanting to cut your dough into shapes, then take the cookie dough and roll it into balls (about a heaping tablespoon or as big or as little as you want). Place the cookie ball on the parchment paper lined baking sheet and then smash it down with the palm of your hand!
Bake your cookies for 8-9 minutes until they are done. You can press the side of a cookie and if it holds its shape/bounces back you know they are done. Or check the bottom for a darker yellow bottom (not browned or they are overbaked) and they should be baked to perfection!
Let your cookies cool before frosting them!

Making The BEST Frosting

Add all of the frosting ingredients to a large bowl, or mixer. Mix well until smooth and creamy. Add more powdered sugar if need to reach your desired consistency.
You can add food coloring to your frosting to make it any color you like. Divide the frosting into several bowls if you are wanting to make more than one color.
Frost your cookies once they are cooled.

Notes

You do not need to store these in your fridge even though the frosting has milk and cream cheese in it. I have never gotten sick with leaving them covered on my counter. I just cover mine with foil! If this freaks you out, store them in your fridge!

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