Grandma's Sugar Cookies and Frosting. These really are Grandma's Best Sugar Cookies! They're perfectly soft, a little bit chewy, with the right amount of tang from the sour cream. Be prepared for a storm of powdered sugar to fly everywhere, unless you're really patient and only do like a tablespoon at a time. When all the powdered sugar is combined, the frosting will be really thick and almost crumbly. This Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe is a copycat recipe of the grandma's big, frosted cookies sold in grocery stores.
The cream cheese frosting and freshness of the cookies make them even better!
Grandma's Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe Grandma's Sugar Cookies.
In medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
You can have Grandma's Sugar Cookies and Frosting using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Grandma's Sugar Cookies and Frosting
- It's of Cookies.
- You need 1/2 cup of Real Butter.
- It's 1 cup of Crisco.
- You need 2 cups of Granulated Sugar.
- Prepare 2 tsp of Almond Flavoring.
- You need 4 of Eggs.
- Prepare 5 cups of Flour.
- It's 2 tsp of Baking Powder.
- It's 2 tsp of Salt.
- It's of Frosting.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Real Butter.
- Prepare 4 cups of Powdered Sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Almond Flavoring.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Kosher Salt.
- It's of Whipping Cream to consistency.
- You need of Food Coloring.
In a large bowl, cream the sugar, butter, vanilla and salt. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture. Note: This will give you enough to frost a batch of cookies, but I always double the recipe so I have LOTS of frosting to play with. A classic no-fail recipe, delicious when topped with cream cheese frosting.
Grandma's Sugar Cookies and Frosting instructions
- Cream together butter, crisco, granulated sugar, almond flavoring until light and fluffy (at least 4 minutes)..
- Add eggs, one at a time until blended..
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Resift 2 more times..
- Add dry ingredients to cookie batter and blend well..
- Chill for 15-20 minutes..
- Roll out to 1/4" thickness on lightly floured surface..
- Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes..
- Frosting: Cream butter, salt and flavoring until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar. Add whipping cream a little at a time until proper consistency. Frost and decorate as desired..
Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, blend together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Place powdered sugar, meringue powder and water in a large bowl. Icing is ready to use but it will be very thick. Divide the icing into two bowls.