Homemade Sugar Cookies

Round sugar cookies with white frosting and colorful sprinkles

How to make homemade sugar cookies, cut out into any shape. This is the best soft sugar cookie recipe with cream cheese frosting!

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 10

Chill Time 1

Total Time 2

Makes

Calories 256kcal

Author Pretty Providence

Equipment

Hand Mixer
Rolling Pin
Mixing Bowls
Cookie Sheets

Ingredients

Soft Sugar Cookies

3 eggs
½ c butter
½ c shortening
1 c sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 c sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ tsp. salt
5 c flour plus extra for countertop

Cream Cheese Frosting

½ cup butter softened
8 oz cream cheese softened
½ teaspoon vanilla
dash of salt
1 lb powdered sugar
1 cup milk
food coloring optional

Instructions

Soft Sugar Cookies

Beat sugar, shortening, butter, eggs and vanilla with a hand mixer.
Add sour cream and beat well.
Mix dry ingredients together and gradually add into wet ingredients until just incorporated.
Cover and refrigerate dough for at least an hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll cookie dough out onto a clean, floured surface to ½" thick.
Cut dough into shapes.
Bake for 8-10 minutes until just done.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Whip sugar, butter and vanilla.
Add cream cheese and a dash of salt. Mix.
Add ½ cup milk alternating and powdered sugar, then beat. Add more milk or more sugar until you have desired consistency.
Add food coloring (optional.)
Frost cookies after they are fully cooled.

Notes

Watch your first batch of cookies closely in the oven. Once you can figure out the exact time to bake cookies in your oven you can set timers for the remaining batches.

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