Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies

Name: Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 59 milliliters butter; 710 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, or more to taste; 237 milliliters vegetable shortening; 237 milliliters white sugar

Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 36. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 165 calories. It is perfect for Christmas. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. If you have eggs, sugar, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Beat vegetable shortening, white sugar, 1/4 cup milk, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl.

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Vegetable Shortening

Vanilla Extract

Granulated Sugar

Egg

Milk

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Bowl

Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Slowly beat flour mixture into shortening mixture to make a smooth dough.

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Baking Soda

Shortening

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Roll dough out 1/4-inch thick on a floured work surface and cut into shapes. Arrange cookies on baking sheets.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm, about 10 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool.

Beat butter, confectioners' sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 2 tablespoons milk in a bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until frosting is spreadable and slightly fluffy. Frost cooled cookies.

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Powdered Sugar