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two stacked frosted sugar cookies on parchment paper with eleven cookies around, with white flowers and rainbow sprinkles around.

Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies (Lofthouse Copycat!)

4.50 from 8 votes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes
Author: Traci Crossland
These Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies come together in less than 30 minutes, are super simple simple to bake, and SO much better than store-bought! Every bite is perfectly sweet, full of flavor, and oh-so delicious.

Ingredients

Cookies

  • ½ cup salted butter room temperature
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • 2¼ cups cake flour
  • 2½ teaspoons corn starch
  • 1 Tablespoon dry milk powder
  • ⅓ teaspoon baking soda

Frosting

  • 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
  • 1 cup salted butter room temperature
  • 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 drop red gel food coloring

To Finish

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Instructions

Cookies

  • Heat oven to 350℉
  • Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Beat in egg, vanilla, and almond extracts.
  • Add flour, corn starch, milk powder, and baking soda.
  • Mix only to blend.
  • Use a 1½ Tablespoon cookie scoop to portion dough.
  • Roll each dough scoop between your palms until it forms a smooth ball.
  • Place on prepared pans.
  • Flatten slightly.
  • Bake for 12 minutes, or until cookies have lost their shine.
  • Allow to cool on baking sheet.

Frosting

  • With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until smooth.
  • Add cream, vanilla, and food coloring.
  • Beat until blended in completely.
  • Spread onto cooled cookies.
  • Top with sprinkles.

Notes

  • Make sure all of your ingredients are room temperature!
  • Be careful to not over-mix the cookie dough.
  • Roll each cookie dough ball in-between your palms to ensure the perfect shape.
  • Use a light colored sheet pan to bake these cookies.
  • The cookie dough can be frozen and baked at a later date!
  • You can dye the frosting any color you like, especially to a color to fit the season/holiday.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 289kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 149mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 522IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 0.2mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.