Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
Soft Cake Like sugar cookies with buttercream frosting
Servings 12 people
Calories 388kcal
Equipment
- Electric Mixer
- Mixing Bowl, serving bowl , spatula
- , oven, baking pans
Ingredients
Cookies
- 2 ¼ cups All-Purpose Four
- 1 tablespoon Corn Starch
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ cup Butter room temperature. If you use unsalted butter, add ½ teaspoon salt to recipe.
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg room temperatue
- ⅓ cup Sour Cream
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Buttercream Frosting
- ½ cup Butter softened
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Milk or Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Food Coloring I used pink
- Sprinkles I used red
Instructions
Cookies
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstartch, baking powder and baking soda - set aside.
- In a separate bowl with an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar. mix in egg, vanilla and sour cream. Combine well , scrape sides of bowls as needed
- Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet. Mix well
- Shape dough into a disc , wrap in plastic and refrigerate, chilling for one hour
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Roll dough out onto silicone matt or floured counter. Roll to ¼ inch thick.
- Using a cookie cutter ( I used heart shaped cutter) Cut out cookies and put on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned- Cool completelt
Buttercream Frosting
- Beat butter with electric mixer until smooth
- Slowly add in powdered sugar , vanilla and milk or cream
- Add in food coloring ( I used pink)
- Frost cookies and add sprinkles if desired