Best Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe (with frosting)
These sugar cookies are perfectly soft and sweet. With crisp edges, thick centers, and room for lots of decorating frosting and sprinkles, I know you'll love these soft and sweet sugar cookies. There's something spectacular about a simple, yet perfect, soft sugar cookie. This is a classic recipe you don't want to miss! Come back and bake these every season with a different cut out shape!
Servings: 24 cut out cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 ¼ cups softened butter
- 2 eggs room temperateure
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon pure almond extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup milk I prefer whole milk
Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
- 1-2 cups confectioners' sugar sifted (make it as sweet as you like)
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside
- In a stand mixer (or with hand mixer) beat the softened butter, eggs, sugar, and almond extract. Beat until fluffy.
- In another bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Alternate adding flour and milk to combine with other wet ingredients. Add about one cup of the dry ingredients and a splash of milk at a time until well combined and unified cookie dough forms.
- Chill sugar cookie dough for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Roll out dough onto a floured surface and cut into desired cut-out shapes. Place on cookie sheet about 1 inch apart and bake for 8-10 minutes until the edges are slightly golden. Let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and put on a cookie cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
- Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, or a wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until fully incorporated (start with 1 cup of sugar and add more until desired sweetness is acquired for your taste). Beat in almond extract. Pour in milk and beat for an additional 3 to 4 minutes.
- Assembly: once cookies are cooled frost and decorate as desired!
Notes
You can bake the cookies and store in zip lock bags in the freezer for up to 2 months. When ready to use defrost at room temperature and enjoy plain or frost them and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 285kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 251mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 424IU | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg
