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Soft Sugar Cookies

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Dorothy Kern
Updated Sep 18, 2020
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For your next sweat treat, keep things simple and enjoy a batch of classic cookies like this recipe for soft sugar cookies with icing. We made a few tweaks to the already delicious Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough by adding an egg yolk and a little extra flour. The result makes these sugar cookies softer and lighter than the original recipe! These soft cookies pair deliciously with our easy recipe for homemade frosting and don’t require any rolling or shaping, just drop the dough and bake. It’s easy to make these cookies your own with the help of your favorite little bakers. Add some extra pizazz by adding food coloring to the frosting, colorful sprinkles, drizzle a little chocolate or just keep them sweet and simple without any extras.

Soft Sugar Cookies

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 55 min
  • Ingredients 8
  • Servings 12
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Ingredients

Cookies

Frosting

  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • Candy sprinkles, if desired

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Place 1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough, 1 egg yolk, and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour in large bowl. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH EGG YOLK AND FLOUR.) Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
  • Step 
    2
    Scoop 2-tablespoon-size balls of cookie dough onto cookie sheets covered with silicone baking mats or cooking parchment paper. Refrigerate dough balls 15 minutes. Heat oven to 350°F.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake chilled cookies 12 to 14 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely before frosting.
  • Step 
    4
    In medium bowl, beat 3 tablespoons softened butter, 3 cups powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired frosting consistency. Frost cookies. Decorate with sprinkles. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Nutrition

330 Calories
10g Total Fat
2g Protein
58g Total Carbohydrate
44g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
330
Calories from Fat
90
Total Fat
10g
15%
Saturated Fat
4g
20%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
25mg
9%
Sodium
150mg
6%
Potassium
15mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
58g
19%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
44g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
4
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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