Bakery Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe
Bakery sugar cookie bars are buttery, soft, and melt in your mouth delicious! Frost with vanilla buttercream and add mini sprinkles! We'll start with our favorite sugar cookie base and add a yummy homemade buttercream on top.
Servings: 40
Calories: 191kcal
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Dough
- 1 cup butter* room temperature
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 ½ cup flour
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
Frosting
- ½ cup softened butter
- 3 cup powdered sugar sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 Tbsp. milk
- food coloring (a few drops)
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine butter, shortening, and sugar. Beat until fluffy (I use my stand mixer, but an electric hand mixer works great too).
- Add egg, vanilla and almond extract. Mix.
- In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until a soft dough forms. Dough will be soft, but slightly crumbly.
- Scrape dough out of the bowl with a rubber spatula and press dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet/baking pan (13" x 18").
- Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
- Cool unfrosted bars completely.
- Mix frosting ingredients together until fluffy. Frost cooled cookie bars in an even layer and add sprinkles.
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Notes
*If you use salted butter, no additional salt is needed. If you use unsalted butter, add 1 tsp. of salt to your dry ingredients.
Tip: sprinkle dough with a small amount of flour as you are pressing into the pan to prevent it from sticking to your hands.
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcal
