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Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies

Brooke Larsen
Scrumptious old-fashioned sugar cookies with a delicious buttercream frosting.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Chill time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 37 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 2 dozen

Equipment

  • KitchenAid or another food mixer
  • Hand mixer - for frosting
  • Rolling Pin
  • Baking sheet
  • Cookie cutter shapes
  • Pastry blender

Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • ¾ cup Shortening
  • ¼ cup Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 3 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder

Buttercream Frosting

  • 6 cups Powdered sugar
  • ¾ cups Butter, softened
  • ¼ cup Shortening
  • 6-8 tablespoon Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • Food coloring, optional
  • Decorating sprinkles, optional

Instructions
 

Cookie Dough

  • First, combine eggs, sugar, vanilla and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix together.
  • In a separate mixing bowl add the cups of flour, salt and baking soda. Then, cut shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry dough blender until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. If you don't have access to a pastry blender, you can use two forks in a pinch.
  • Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix together on low speed until combined. Remove bowl from KitchenAid, cover and chill dough in the fridge for approximately 1 hour.
  • When your dough has had enough chill time, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out on a flat surface to ¼" thickness. For best results, you'll want to have a lightly floured surface. Sprinkle a few tablespoons onto the counter and on your rolling pin to keep the dough from sticking everywhere.
  • Use your favorite holiday cookie cutters to cut out fun shapes and line them up on your baking sheet. Continue this process until all of your dough is used up. Bake cookies at 400 degrees for 7 minutes.

Frosting

  • Combine the powdered sugar, butter, shortening, milk and vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl. Use a hand mixer to mix the ingredients until you get a frosting consistency. Change the consistency by adding more or less milk. I have also added more powdered sugar if I want a thicker frosting.
    Use food coloring and sprinkles to embellish your cookie decorating. Enjoy!

Notes

Tips
  • Keeping the dough cold makes it easier to work with, so it is best to make cookies in batches and keep the rest in the fridge until needed. 
  • Use silicone mats or parchment paper for easy clean up.
Storage
  • These will last a few days at peak freshness at room temperature as long as they are covered and sealed.
  • Store frosting in an airtight container in the fridge for a week.
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