FROSTED SUGAR COOKIE BARS
These easy sugar cookie bars are super soft thanks to cream cheese in the dough, and are topped with the best vanilla buttercream frosting.
When I was little, one of my very favorite holiday traditions was making cut-out sugar cookies with my mom. She would mix up the dough and then my sister and I would help roll it out and cut out all of the different shapes. I still remember all of those metal cookie cutters just like it was yesterday! Once they were baked and cooled, we got to decorate them with icing, sprinkles, and sparkling sugar. I would save the ones I was most proud of for Santa on Christmas Eve, naturally.
INGREDIENTS:
FOR THE COOKIE BARS
2½cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonsalt
¾cupunsalted butter(at room temperature)
4ouncescream cheese(at room temperature)
1½cupsgranulated sugar
1egg
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
FOR THE FROSTING
1cupunsalted butter(at room temperature)
2½cupspowdered sugar
1tablespoonvanilla extract
Rainbow sprinkles
(for decorating)
DIRECTIONS:
Make the Cookie Bars:
When I was little, one of my very favorite holiday traditions was making cut-out sugar cookies with my mom. She would mix up the dough and then my sister and I would help roll it out and cut out all of the different shapes. I still remember all of those metal cookie cutters just like it was yesterday! Once they were baked and cooled, we got to decorate them with icing, sprinkles, and sparkling sugar. I would save the ones I was most proud of for Santa on Christmas Eve, naturally.
INGREDIENTS:
FOR THE COOKIE BARS
2½cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonsalt
¾cupunsalted butter(at room temperature)
4ouncescream cheese(at room temperature)
1½cupsgranulated sugar
1egg
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
FOR THE FROSTING
1cupunsalted butter(at room temperature)
2½cupspowdered sugar
1tablespoonvanilla extract
Rainbow sprinkles
(for decorating)
DIRECTIONS:
Make the Cookie Bars:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan or line with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat to combine, about 1 minute. Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, mixing only until barely combined. Use a rubber spatula to finish mixing, ensuring there are no pockets of flour remaining.
- Using a spatula, spread the dough into an even layer in the prepared pan (the dough will be thick!). Bake until light golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
- Make the Vanilla Frosting: Using the wire whisk attachment of your stand mixer, whip the butter on medium-high speed for 5 minutes, stopping to scrape the bowl once or twice. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and add the vanilla, mixing until incorporated. Whip at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed.
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