Easy Sugar Cookie Bars
Easy sugar cookie bars are soft, chewy and basically like your favorite sugar cookie in bar form.
Servings: 20
Cost: $10
Ingredients
For the Sugar Cookie Bars
- 1 cup butter softened at room temperature
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1½ tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon almond extract
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2¼ cups all purpose flour
For the Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2¼ cups powdered sugar
- 1 drop pink food coloring
- rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
For the Sugar Cookie Bars
- Preheat oven to 350℉, and line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter with an electric mixer until smooth
- Add in the granulated sugar and mix until just combined, light and fluffy. Should take about 3 minutes
- Mix in the vanilla extract, almond extract and eggs
- Add in the salt, baking powder and half of the flour. Mix well
- Mix in the rest of the flour until everything is just combined
- Evenly spread the dough in prepared baking dish
- Bake for 20 minutes or until edges are golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting
For the Buttercream Frosting
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat the softened butter with an electric mixer on high speed until white, fluffy and doubled in size. Should take 10 minutes
- Beat in vanilla extract and almond extract
- Gradually add in powdered sugar until smooth and all lumps are gone
- Dye frosting with one drop of pink food coloring
- Using an offset spatula, evenly spread the frosting over the cooled sugar cookie bars
- Top with rainbow sprinkles
- Refrigerate until ready to serve, and store in refrigerator
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Notes
Do not over mix the cookie dough or it will develop a cake-like texture.
Don't over bake the bars. They are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the edges are a light golden brown.
When making the frosting, make sure to whip butter long enough for the creamiest homemade frosting.
Nutrition
Calories: 284kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 211mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 591IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
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