Description
Delicious sugar cookies topped with pink frosting, perfect for any occasion!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup unsalted butter (straight from fridge, cut into large cubes)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs (straight from the fridge)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract (optional)
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3–4 tablespoons heavy cream (or milk of choice)
- 3–4 drops pink food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat liners.
- Using a mixer, cream together the cold butter cubes and sugar for 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating about 1 minute between additions.
- Add vanilla extract and almond extract, mix until combined.
- Mix in the baking powder, salt and ½ of the all-purpose flour, then with mixer on low until combined.
- Add the remainder of flour and mix together until you get a soft cookie dough that is soft and scoopable.
- Using a ¼ cup cookie scoop, heap the cookie dough into the scoop and drop on cookie sheet for ¼ or ⅓ cup cookie size. Lightly pat down the cookies.
- Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 9-12 minutes and remove once cookies are no longer wet on top, but puffy looking.
- Allow the cookies to cool on your cookie sheets for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.
- Once cooled, frost!
- Using a mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract, salt and cream/milk and beat slowly on low, increasing speed for 2-3 minutes as frosting comes together.
- Add 2-4 drops of pink food coloring and continue beating until well distributed.
- Spread frosting onto cooled cookies using a piping bag or offset spatula. Add sprinkles if desired.
Notes
- Ensure cookies are thoroughly cooled before frosting.
- For thicker cookies, do not pat them down too much before baking.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg