Description
Make these soft sugar cookies with easy pastel icing. They are perfect for your spring celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 0.25 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- Food coloring
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
- Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Stir in the flour baking powder and salt.
- Chill the dough in your fridge for 30 minutes.
- Roll the dough and cut it into shapes.
- Bake the cookies for 10 minutes.
- Cool the cookies on a wire rack.
- Whisk the powdered sugar and milk for icing.
- Decorate your cookies with the colored icing.
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients for the best dough.
- Keep the dough cold to prevent spreading.
- Wait for cookies to cool before you apply icing.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 150
Keywords: spring cookies decorated simple