Best Ever Butter Cookies

By lauramae

Ingredients

• 1 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar1 Land O Lakes® All-Natural Egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Frosting
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
• Food color, if desired

Details

Servings 36
Preparation time 60mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from landolakes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and egg in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.

Add milk and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; add flour and baking powder. Beat until well mixed.

Heat oven to 400°F.

Roll out dough, one-third at a time, on lightly floured surface (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 3-inch cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let stand on cookie sheets 1 minute; remove to wire cooling rack. Cool completely.


Combine powdered sugar, 1/3 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency. Tint with food color, if desired. Frost and decorate cooled cookies as desired.

Variation: Best Ever Butter Cookies with Glaze: Prepare cookies as directed above omitting frosting.

To prepare glaze, stir together 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon Land O Lakes® Butter, softened, 1 tablespoon light corn syrup and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract in medium bowl until smooth, adding additional water, if necessary, to reach desired glazing consistency. Tint with food color, if desired. Glaze cooled cookies. Decorate as desired. Let stand until glaze is hardened (6 hours or overnight).