Best Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

Best Sugar Cookies

Yields about 30 cookies

INGREDIENTS:

Dough:

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 5 1/2 cups flour

Icing:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4-1/3 cup milk
• food coloring (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

For the cookies:

1. Use an electric mixer to cream butter and sugar. Then add eggs and vanilla. Add sour cream. In a separate bowl, combine salt, soda, and flour, and add to mixture.
2. Form dough into a disc and wrap with plastic wrap.
3. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
4. Roll out on floured surface to about 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick. Use your choice cookie cutter to cut into dough. Lay cookies out on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
5. Bake cookies for 7-8 minutes.

For the buttercream frosting:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Beat in sugar and vanilla until crumbly. Gradually add milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Add desired food coloring.

Recipe found here

-Alyssa