Easy Sugar Cookie With Frosting

This is just a friendly reminder that Christmas is officially less than one month away, so if you aren’t freaking out yet about not having all of your Christmas shopping done, or even started, now is the time to start freaking out.
I’m trying not to freak out, but I have 1 husband and 7 family members (plus two birthdays before Christmas) that I need to buy for just on my side.  They’re also aggressively hounding me to know what I want for Christmas, and my wish list currently has exactly two items: This gorgeously colored KitchenAid that I definitely don’t need because I already have one in an equally gorgeous color (affiliate), and like 6 of those robot vacuum cleaners (affiliate) (because three dogs!)… Affordable options for my 12 year old sister, right?  If you have any baking must-haves that I need on my list, send them my way!

While my gift buying situation is not at all under control, I at least have the Christmas cookie situation locked down with this easy sugar cookie recipe.  I started working on this recipe a long, long time ago, but made myself wait until after Thanksgiving to finally share it.

These are easy cut-out vanilla sugar cookies and are destined to be your future cookie platter staple.  Sugar cookie dough always shocks me with its simplicity, it only calls for a few ingredients and no fancy techniques.

Easy Sugar Cookie With Frosting
You can never go wrong with sugar cookies! They look delicious!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes

Ingredients

Cookie

•     3/4 cup butter softened
•     1/2 cup powdered sugar
•     1 cup sugar
•     8 oz cream cheese softened
•     2 3/4 cup flour
•     1 tsp almond extract
•     1 egg
•     1/2 tsp salt
•     1/2 tsp baking powder

Frosting

•     1/3 cup butter softened
•     1/2 tsp vanilla
•     1/4 cup milk
•     1/2 tsp almond extract
•     4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
•     food coloring

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Cream butter, cream cheese, sugars, egg and almond in large bowl (or Kitchen-Aid) until fluffy.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
4. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Stir until soft dough forms.
5. Roll out and cut with cookie cutter. Thin dough will make crunchy cookies. If you want soft dough, it needs to be about ⅜ in. {NOTE: Try not to handle the dough too much}
6. Bake 8-10 minutes on greased pan. Let cool.
7. Make frosting by mixing all ingredients with hand mixer. If too thick, add a tad more milk. Frost cookies and ENJOY!

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