Best Ever Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

If you are looking for the best sugar cookie recipe you will love this recipe. It makes delicious sugar cookies that are sweet, but not too sweet. Add delicious buttercream frosting and these cookies will be your all-time favorites.

These sugar cookies have a tender, cake-like texture that pairs perfectly with a buttercream frosting. They are a nice alternative to those famous buttercream-topped sugar cookies sold by Cheryl's Cookies.

The Perfect Sugar Cookie with Buttercream Frosting

(This post contains affiliate links. We receive a small compensation when you shop using these links.)

Best Ever Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

While there may be very good reasons to order cookies online, it is easy to make attractive, colorful, and delicious sugar cookies with buttercream frosting at home.

You'll love that you don't need to be fussy with your decorating to make these cookies attractive and perfect for any occasion. You'll love them for Valentine's Day and Christmas, but you'll see from the pictures that these cookies are perfect for every holiday.

Perfectly tender sugar cookies with melt in your mouth buttercream frosting

They are also perfect everyday cookies. If you are looking for a copycat Cheryl's Cookie recipe you'll want to try these. In my opinion, these cookies are better, and that's why I call them the Best Ever Sugar Cookies.

All you need to make these Best Ever Sugar Cookies is this great sugar cookie recipe and a few simple ingredients that you may already have in your pantry.

The buttercream frosting is delicious. It sets up quickly and holds up well if you want to freeze your cookies.

This is also a perfect recipe to make with your children or grandchildren. Everyone can have some fun decorating these sugar cookies.

Tips for The Best Sugar Cookies

How do I make sure my sugar cookies aren't too hard?

Cream your butter and sugar really well. When adding your dry ingredients don't overwork the dough. Stir to combine completely and move on.

How thick should I make my sugar cookies?

1/4 inch cookies are perfect. They will be soft, tender, and strong enough to hold the frosting.

How do I know when my sugar cookies are done?

These sugar cookies should be golden but not browned.

Do I have to chill these sugar cookies?

Yes. Chilling this dough makes it easier to roll and cut into your favorite shapes.

Video Tips for Making the Buttercream Frosting

Tips for Baking Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

1. Chilling the cookie dough is important but chilling for too long makes the dough unworkable.

2. The size of your cookies may impact your cooking time, so be sure to check frequently.

The Baked Sugar Cookies

3. The cookies should be golden but not browned.

A light golden botom on your sugar cookie is perfect.

Don't Brown the Cookies

Watch My Video-How to Make Buttercream Frosting

Tips for Frosting Your Sugar Cookies

1. Use separate bowls for each color of frosting you will be using for decorating your cookies. Be careful when adding your coloring. A little goes a very long way.

Three Frosting Colors

2. Set up an assembly line. First, put dollops of frosting on the cookies and then spread the frosting using an offset spatula.

The Frosted Cookies

3. Add a few colorful sprinkles on each to gild the lilies. Set a paper towel under the cookies to capture wayward sprinkles.

Add Some Colorful Sprinkles

4. Make the cookies ahead. These cookies will freeze nicely as well. Just be sure to let the frosting set before packaging for gift giving or freezing.

Make some today and put them in your freezer for later. You'll be happy you did!

5. These sugar cookies also make a yummy foundation for royal icing. Here is a picture of my Fourth of July Fireworks Sugar cookies.

4th of July Fireworks Cookies

Enjoy!

Comments

How to Make a Perfect Bacon and Eggs Breakfast

In my opinion, the best breakfast consists of two perfectly fried eggs, crispy bacon, and toast made with hearty bread. This bacon and eggs recipe delivers. It is the breakfast you want when you have time to relax around the kitchen table, drinking a cup of coffee or two. The Best Bacon and Eggs Breakfast (This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. When you make a purchase using these links you help support this blog.) How to Cook Bacon and Eggs My technique was learned from my mom, by watching her make our family's breakfast over and over again, year after year. This is a basted eggs recipe which means the eggs are cooked in bacon grease. Cooking eggs in bacon fat is easy and takes just a little practice to perfect. All you really need for a great bacon and eggs breakfast is a good nonstick skillet and a good toaster . If you want to make your own bread for toast, a bread machine like mine will make that easy as can be. Three

How to Trap and Get Rid of Fruit Flies

What can you do to kill fruit flies? We've all been there. Fruit flies in the kitchen. Fruit flies in the bathroom. Fruit flies buzzing around everywhere in your home. It's a frustrating problem that happens to everyone at one time or another. If you are a fresh fruit and produce lover you certainly know what I mean. How to Kill Fruit Flies with Two Ingredients Those pesky little buggers can often be brought into your home on the vegetables and fruit you buy. There are many solutions offered for fruit fly traps to help you solve your problem. A quick Amazon search found these products. You can spend your money on one of these solutions or I can save you a whole lot of your hard-earned cash today. My solution is the best. Here's why: You have the ingredients in your kitchen now. You need apple cider vinegar and a mild dish liquid . It's a healthy, family-friendly solution. It works quickly. Two-Ingredient No Pesticide Fruit Fly Trap

Forgotten Pork Chops

Today dawned dark and dreary in my corner of New England. I woke to a dusting of snow, gray skies, and an ongoing drizzle forecast for the remainder of the day. It's days like these when you turn to a one-pan, comfort food dinner like this recipe for Forgotten Pork Chops. This recipe is perfect for a dreary winter weeknight or any day you want an easy, hearty meal. One-Pan Pork Chops and Rice (This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. When you purchase through these links I receive a small compensation.) Forgotten Pork Chops Truth be told, this recipe came about on a day when I wasn't really in the mood to spend time in the kitchen. Much like today, it was dreary. It was pouring rain and we had just sent the last of our guests home from my son's wedding. All I wanted to do was sit with my feet up. I needed an easy pork chop recipe! This recipe is the result and has been a favorite ever since. The recipe serves two to four, depending on the

How to Turn Store-Bought Potato Salad from Blah to Amazing

Here's a potato salad time-saver for you just in time for summer cookouts. When you need a quick potato salad, and no time to make one from scratch, that ordinary store-bought potato salad you have in your refrigerator can go from blah to amazing in just a few minutes with just a few ingredients. There's no judgment here. We don't always have the time to make a potato salad from scratch. Sometimes it is just easier to stop by your local grocery store to pick up a container of the store-made potato salad. It's good. It's predictable. It will do. All it needs is a little doctoring. How to Make Store-Bought Potato Salad Better Take Your Potato Salad from Blah to AH-Mazing! What should you do if you want that store-bought potato salad to have a little more flavor? You're going to a potluck picnic or you are having people over for an impromptu barbecue and you'd like your potato salad to be a little special. There is no need to fret. A

Grandma's Date-Filled Cookies

One of the things I can count on as the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons arrive each year is a feeling of nostalgia. The traditional foods we serve at our family's holiday tables can sure bring out all the feels. Now that it is officially cookie season, we should kick it off with an old-fashioned homemade date-filled cookie recipe. Today's recipe is a special, nostalgic, family recipe. This old-fashioned, date-filled cookie was my dad's favorite cookie from his childhood. My dad was born in 1932 so this recipe has been around for quite a while. This is my grandma's date filled cookies recipe. An Old-Fashioned Date-Filled Cookie In fact, the way the original recipe was written made me laugh. Like many vintage recipes from the time, this recipe for date filled cookies was customarily ambiguous. Here's the original recipe: Cream: 2 cups sugar, 1 cup shortening Add 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, 6 level teaspoons baking powder, 2 teaspoons vanilla,

Winter Care for Orchids and African Violets

Are you familiar with the term "hygge"? It's a Danish term that has caught on in the U.S. because it speaks to the feelings of coziness and relaxation we seek during the winter months. It emphasizes the simple things in life and the feelings of a life well-lived. One of the ways I create hygge this time of year is by making sure my collection of African violets and orchids is happy and healthy. How to Care for African Violets and Orchids During Winter This post contains affiliate links. We receive a small compensation when you shop with these links. Your houseplants are most likely crying out for some attention right now. If you are like me, you ignored them a bit during the busy holidays. After all the festive decorations are put away, it's time to give your plants a lovely spa treatment. Read on for tips on how to care for orchid plants and African violets in winter.

Crunchy, Spicy Gingersnap Cookies

Crunchy, spicy, and yummy are all words used to describe a good gingersnap cookie. While my hands-down, favorite cookie is a gooey chocolate chip cookie I occasionally crave a spice cookie, like gingersnaps or this molasses cookie . This old-fashioned gingersnap cookie is a winner. It's easy to make and will be a favorite in your recipe rotation. Traditional Gingersnap Cookie Recipe ( This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated when you make a purchase with these links.) Gingersnaps Cookies In the U.S., gingersnaps are usually drop cookies with lots of cracks on the surface. That's exactly how I like them. Those found in other countries may be thinner and sliced. The Lebkuchen, a traditional German cookie, and the pepparkakor, from Sweden, are often cut into festive shapes. My gingersnaps are round. These gingersnaps are tasty cookies at any time of the year. Their spiciness is perfect as a holiday cookie, as well, so go ahead and add the

Easy Chicken Parmesan-A Make Ahead Freezer Dinner

Chicken Parmesan is a favorite dinner in the Just One Donna house. It's also a favorite restaurant menu choice. I like to keep Chicken Parmesan prepared in my freezer for those busy weeknights when we might be tempted to head to a restaurant instead of eating at home. That way, we'll have a delicious dinner all ready to go into the oven and save money to boot. What's not to like about that? Freezer Chicken Parmesan for Busy Families This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small compensation when you shop using these links Easy Freezer Chicken Parmesan for Dinner This Chicken Parmesan recipe is made with everyday ingredients in the spirit of semi-homemade. You may already have the ingredients you need in your pantry. Chicken Parmesan Ingredients That makes this an easy recipe for any mom or dad to prepare in advance for those busy weeknight dinners. Make a double batch and you'll have a baked Chicken Parmesan dinner for tonight and anoth

Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Wings

Are you wondering how to make crispy chicken wings? It's easy if you have an air fryer. Here's my recipe for crispy air fryer chicken wings that are ready for any dipping sauce you wish to serve them with.

Just~One~Donna

Search This Blog