Monday, February 9, 2009

By Popular Demand . . . .

The original sugar cookie recipe!! Happy baking!

A's Sugar Cookies:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 t. vanilla
3 cups flour
1/2 t salt
1 t baking soda

cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, then vanilla, then gradually add flour salt and baking soda. Put the dough into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
Then roll out & cut into holiday shape of choice. I put my cookies on the pan in the fridge for 10-20 minutes before baking and it helps them to hold their shapes better. Then bake for 10 minutes at 350. cool completely before frosting.

Yummy butter cream frosting
1/2 cup butter softened
1t vanilla
1/4 t salt
1/3-1/2 cup EVAPORATED milk
4 cups powdered sugar

beat the butter until fluffy, add additional ingredients, alternate adding powdered sugar and milk until desired consistency, should be thin enough to spread so the frosting appears smooth on the top of the cookie. The frosting will harden slightly and you can used a pastry bag to pipe on additional decorations.

4 comments:

E.F.G. said...

i am just tickled! a million thank yous. i can't wait to try 'em.

Brittany said...

Wow, 2 cookie recipes for Feb. You must really love us.

E.F.G. said...

these (well, the dough is as far as i've come) are amazing. yum, Yum, YUM!

i can not wait to try the frosting.

Amanda said...

These are amazing... I think I grabbed the recipe from you sometime in the fall... YUM! When I make them people think I’m some sort of domestic goddess... thanks to you!! :)