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Fabulous Frosted Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • 2 ½ cups cake flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup salted butter at room temperature
  • ¼ cup crisco shortening at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg white
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Vanilla Frosting

  • ⅓ cup salted butter at room temperature
  • 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ - 3 Tbsp half-and-half
  • food coloring optional
  • sprinkles if desired

Instructions
 

Cookies

  • Beat butter, crisco and sugar together until fluffy.
  • Add egg and egg white.
  • Add vanilla.
  • On low, add the cake flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt until a dough forms.
  • Roll 1/4 dough into a ball and place on parchment lined cookie sheet.
  • Sprinkle tops with a drop of flour and use a glass to press dough down into 1/2 inch thickness.
  • Bake 9-11 minutes at 375 degrees and then cool before frosting.

Frosting

  • Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
  • Add vanilla and half and half until the right consistency.
  • Add drop of food color if you want.
  • Frost and top with sprinkles if desired.