This time of year is sugar cookie time at our house. Valentine's Day is another sugar cookie time too. This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe, and I have shared it before, but I love it. These cookies freeze really well. I currently have a big bag of them in my freezer. They are great plain too. My bag in the freezer is slowly getting smaller and smaller :) Enjoy!
Perfect Sugar Cookies (*makes 24-30 cookies depending upon your cookie cutter size)
1 cup butter, soft
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla
4 tsp baking powder
Preheat over to 375. In a stand mixer cream the butter and sugar together. Add egg and mix well. Add all other ingredients and mix until forms a stiff dough ball. Roll out on floured surface to 1/4 inch thick--these are best rolled thick! Then place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 5-6 minutes. Do not over bake. These are much better underdone than overdone. Cool before frosting.
Best Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup butter, soft
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Beat butter until smooth. Add 2 cups powdered sugar and mix--this will be dry and crumbly, then add milk and vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy. Add in 1 cup of additional powdered sugar at a time beating really well after each cup until it is thick enough to frost.
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