Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
These soft and chewy sugar cookie bars have all the flavors of traditional sugar cookies but with no chilling, rolling or cutting the dough required! They’re topped with a silky cream cheese frosting and Christmas sprinkles can be switched out with sprinkles for any occasion!
Servings: 9 people
Equipment
- 9x9 baking pan
Ingredients
For the cookie base:
- 1/2 cup softened butter 1 stick
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
For the frosting:
- 1/2 cup softened butter 1 stick
- 4 oz softened cream cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp milk
- sprinkles for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract and almond extract.
- Once smooth, sprinkle in flour and baking powder. Mix to form a dough.
- Press the dough into the bottom of your parchment lined baking pan and bake for 20-22 minutes.
- While the cookie base is baking, make the frosting by combining butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, powdered sugar and milk. Mix until smooth.
- Spread the frosting all over the surface of the cooled sugar cookie base. Finish with your sprinkles of choice before cutting into bars.