Description
Easy and fun!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 egg
- 3 cups flour
- Icing (See below)
For the Icing:
- 8 cups powdered sugar
- 6 tbsp meringue powder
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup water
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in salt, baking powder, vanilla and lemon. Continue to mix for 1-2 minutes until combined.
- Add egg. Mix and scrape the sides of your bowl until egg is incorporated into dough mixture.
- Add flour one cup at a time until dough is no longer sticking to sides of the bowl.
- Dust surface with flour before rolling out the dough.
- Cook the cut-out cookies for 8 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Cool on cookie racks.
- Once completely cool, ice as desired.
For the Icing:
- Mix ingredients together.
- Add water as needed for desired consistency.
- Put on top of your sugar cookies and enjoy!