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Sugar Cookies with Butter Icing

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Ingredients
  

  • 2/3 cup butter softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

For the Frosting

  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp of milk
  • Any colour food colouring
  • Coloured sugar crystals or sprinkles

Instructions
 

  • In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat your softened butter until fluffy. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt, scraping the sides of the bowl repeatedly. Then add the wet ingredients (egg, milk, and vanilla) and mix well. With the mixer on the lowest speed, slowly add the flour and mix until all ingredients are well incorporated.
  • Separate dough into two and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Remove one chunk of dough from the fridge and massage it lightly with hands. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch and cut out with cookie cutters. Place on baking sheets and bake for 7 to 9 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat butter. Add sugar, vanilla, and milk and mix well. Add food colouring and mix again. Using a piping bag or a spoon, decorate cooled cookies as desired. Sprinkle with sugar crystals or sprinkles.
  • Keep covered for up to 2 weeks.

Notes

Original recipe by Ikhlas Hussain.