Author: The Crafting Chicks
- For Cookie:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1½ cups granulated sugar, divided
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 TBSP milk
- 2 large eggs
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- ½ tsp salt
- 5¼ cups all purpose flour
- For Frosting:
- 1 Tub Rich And Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- Food Coloring
- Piping Bags or Ziploc Baggies
- For Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a standing mixer or large bowl cream together butter, oil, 1 cup granulated sugar and powdered sugar for 2 minutes on medium speed.
- Add in milk and eggs and mix until well combined.
- In a separate medium bowl whisk together baking powder, cream of tartar, salt and flour.
- Slowly add in a little flour mixture while beating and mix until just combined. Do not over beat.
- In a small bowl pour in remaining ½ cup sugar.
- Scoop 2 TBSP of dough into our your hand and form a ball.
- Roll dough balls into sugar and place 12 to a cookie sheet.
- Using a flat bottomed glass, press down on each ball until they are about ¼ inch thick. The edges will become cracked.
- Bake for 8 minutes and cool on a cookie wrack.
- For Frosting:
- Spoon frosting into a medium microwave proof bowl.
- Heat for 20-30 and stir.
- Divide frosting between a few bowls. The number of colors will determine how many bowls you will need.
- Add a drop or two of food coloring to each bowl and stir to combine.
- Pour frosting into piping bag, snip the tip off and drizzle over cookies.
Recipe by The Crafting Chicks at https://thecraftingchicks.com/colorful-sugar-cookies/
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