How to Cook Tasty Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting

Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting. Ingredients of Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting. It's a soft sugar cookie with a buttercream icing. You don't have to chill the dough, so that's nice. It's not the sort of dough you can roll out and cut into shapes. I simply scooped it out of the bowl and right onto my parchment lined cookie sheets.

The icing recipe is pretty basic except that it calls for cream. Place the vanilla extract, milk, and food coloring in the buttercream and mix until smooth. Add additional powdered sugar if necessary to reach desired consistency. You can cook Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting

1. Prepare of Cookie dough.
2. You need 3/4 cup of sour cream.
3. You need 1/4 cup of Shortening.
4. You need 1/4 cup of Softened butter.
5. It's 1 cup of Granulated Sugar.
6. You need 1 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder.
7. It's 2 of each eggs.
8. It's 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
9. Prepare 3 cup of Flour.
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
12. Prepare of frosting.
13. Prepare 4 cup of SIFTED powdered sugar. Do not skip the sifting as it will result in grainy frosting.
14. You need 2 tsp of Vanilla extract.
15. It's 2 tbsp of Heavy Whipping Cream.
16. Prepare 3/4 cup of Softened butter.
17. It's 1/4 cup of Vegetable shortening.
18. You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
19. You need 1 of Optional: Gel food coloring and Sprinkles.

Using a butter knife or a small spatula spread the buttercream onto cooled cookies. Alternate with small splashes of cream. If you're on the hunt for the absolute best sugar cookie frosting out there that tastes good, is easy to use, and actually hardens after you frost your cookies, I have some good news for you!. After years of decorating sugar cookies with buttercream that, yes, tasted yummy, but that required.

Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350° F..
2. In a mixer bowl cream together the sour cream, butter and sugar until well blended..
3. In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs and vanilla extract, add slowly to mixer bowl beating in after each addition. The rule is if you see the egg in the bowl then you are adding too much at a time..
4. Sift together ALL dry ingredients. Add in 2-3 batches to mixer bowl..
5. Do not overmix batter as it will yield tough cookies..
6. Scoop out dough in walnut sized balls, roll in hands, place on cookie sheet and flatten the top slightly.They should be placed 1" apart..
7. Bake for 6-9 minutes depending on oven. These cookies should not become brown or golden. they should remain white. They will look undercooked. They're not. DO NOT overcook. Every minute baking counts for this recipe..
8. Remove from oven promptly. To stop them from over baking remove to a cooling rack. Allow to cool before frosting..
9. For the frosting mix everything in a mixer bowl until smooth and creamy. Add food coloring if desired.Sometimes frosting requires extra powdered sugat, if youd like a little thicker frosting add 1/2 C more of powdered sugar..
10. Once cooled frost your cookies and decorate with sprinkles. Let frosting crust before stacking/storing..
11. These taste better when left to sit over night! ENJOY! ^-^.

In a large bowl, mix together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until well blended using a sturdy spoon. You can make the frosting any color you wish, or just keep it basic white. I used Sweetapolita sprinkles, specifically in Flamingo Twinkle Sprinkle Medley. This easy sugar cookie frosting (vanilla buttercream) is the perfect homemade vanilla frosting!