Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting. For the frosting mix everything in a mixer bowl until smooth and creamy. In a mixer bowl cream together the sour cream, butter and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs and vanilla extract, add slowly to mixer bowl beating in after each addition.

Add room temperature butter to a stand mixer and cream the butter until smooth. 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 have 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

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

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In the bowl of a stand mixer using a paddle attachment (or in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer), cream butter and sugar by first beating butter on high speed until smooth and creamy and then adding sugar and beating on medium-high speed until. In medium-size bowl combine flour, kosher salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Add flour mixture to butter mixture.

Heidis Soft sugar cookie with Buttercream frosting step by step

Preheat oven to 350° F..
In a mixer bowl cream together the sour cream, butter and sugar until well blended..
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..
Sift together ALL dry ingredients. Add in 2-3 batches to mixer bowl..
Do not overmix batter as it will yield tough cookies..
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..
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..
Remove from oven promptly. To stop them from over baking remove to a cooling rack. Allow to cool before frosting..
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..
Once cooled frost your cookies and decorate with sprinkles. Let frosting crust before stacking/storing..
These taste better when left to sit over night! ENJOY! ^-^.

Mold dough into a ball and place in plastic wrap. This sugar cookie buttercream frosting is perfect for Valentine's Day cookies! For these adorable bite-sized heart cookies, I used Sugarbelle's Multi Heart Cutter and spread on pink buttercream. Dye the buttercream frosting any color and top with sprinkles for perfect Christmas, halloween, baby shower, or birthday cookies! We may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you.