Perfect Cut Out Cookie Buttercream Frosting

Name: Perfect Cut Out Cookie Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter softened; 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla; 2 tablespoons milk; 3 cups powdered sugar

January 25, 2016

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This simple Perfect Cut Out Cookie Buttercream Frosting is made with 4 ingredients and tastes amazing!

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We love sugar cookies, but sometimes we want to top them with a little something extra.

Nothing quite sets a sugar cookie a part from the rest, like this frosting. I'm going to grab a sugar cookie with frosting over a naked cookie any day.

It's 4 ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to make.

Don't wanna use vanilla extract?

No problem - you can sub the vanilla for almond, mint, vanilla, maple, orange, and lemon. Or any other extract to get the flavor that suites your cookie.

How do I get bold frosting colors?

I have found over the years to get the best colors to use gel food coloring, and not the liquid stuff.

I linked to the kit (above) that I love, because it contains a no taste red food coloring. This will help keep that funky artificial flavoring away.

Best sugar cookie base?

I suggest starting with a great recipe, like the one I have for No Chill Perfectly Shaped Sugar Cookies.

I also have a great Cinnamon Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookie that we use during Christmas time. And for you chocolate lovers, I have a Chocolate Cut Out Sugar Cookie recipe as well.

These can be frosted to look great with or without sprinkles. Plus, you don't have to wait for anything to "harden" before you start eating it!

Here are some other cookie ideas for you!

Perfectly Chewy Funfetti Sugar

Triple Chocolate Cookies

Yield: Enough to frost about 2 dozen cookies

Perfect Cut Out Cookie Buttercream Frosting

This simple Perfect Cut Out Cookie Buttercream Frosting is made with 4 ingredients and tastes amazing!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

⅓ cup butter softened
1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla
2 tablespoons milk
3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

In a large bowl beat together your butter and powdered sugar.
Toss in your vanilla and milk, beat until smooth and creamy.
If your going to color your frosting, mix in your choice of coloring at this time.
When it's the color your wanting, use a small metal off set spatula (or a butter knife) to smooth the frosting on, working from the center of the cookie, out towards the edges.

Notes

*If frosting appears to thin, add a teaspoon of powdered sugar.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1 tablespoon
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 77Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 21mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 0gSugar: 13gProtein: 0g

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Comments

Jenna @ A Savory Feast

January 25, 2016 at 10:04 am

These frosted sugar cookies are my weakness! I definitely need to make these for a party because otherwise I would eat them all myself!
- Joanna
  
  January 26, 2016 at 11:58 am
  
  Mine too! They are perfect! 🙂
Melanie Redd

January 25, 2016 at 10:26 am

Yum! These cookies look great! And, I love buttercream frosting! I'm going to have to try this recipe.
Found you today on Modest Mom.
Hope you have a blessed Monday~
Melanie
- Joanna
  
  January 26, 2016 at 11:57 am
  
  Thanks for coming by Melanie! Your going to love this recipe! 🙂
Grace

January 25, 2016 at 3:22 pm

Yum! It's so nice and thick. It's making me feel festive for Valentine's Day. 🙂
- Joanna
  
  January 26, 2016 at 11:56 am
  
  Definitely V-day festive! 🙂
Cara

January 25, 2016 at 5:32 pm

I love a good sugar cookie and these look amazing. 🙂
- Joanna
  
  January 26, 2016 at 11:55 am
  
  Thanks Cara, these are the best ones I've eaten!
Tori Cole

January 25, 2016 at 8:07 pm

Pinned 🙂 Love it!
- Joanna
  
  January 26, 2016 at 11:54 am
  
  Thanks Tori, enjoy!
Amber

January 25, 2016 at 8:34 pm

Mmm...yum! Thank you for sharing.
- Joanna
  
  January 26, 2016 at 11:53 am
  
  Your welcome Amber! 😉
Claire

January 27, 2016 at 1:08 am

Aww these are adorable, I could just eat one and I have just woke up 🙂

Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays
- Joanna
  
  January 28, 2016 at 3:14 pm
  
  Cookies for breakfast every once in a while is ok. 😉
Cristina @ I Say Nomato

January 27, 2016 at 6:50 am

This looks amazing! I'm going to have to go back and try your recipe for sugar cookies - I'm still trying to find a really good one! Flooding is hard for sure, you definitely need the exact right consistency, and sometimes you just don't have time for that! (Plus buttercream is so much tastier than royal icing!)
- Joanna
  
  January 28, 2016 at 3:13 pm
  
  You'll love this buttercream and the sugar cookies together. So tasty! Yea, flooding cookies is not for me. 😉 I'm more of a baker than a pastry chef!
Long Ladies

January 27, 2016 at 1:20 pm

I've been looking for this kind of recipe!!! Thank you so much for sharing it! I'll be share to save it and use it later. 🙂
~Haley
- Joanna
  
  January 28, 2016 at 3:12 pm
  
  Glad that you found what your looking for Haley! 🙂 Enjoy!
Jess

January 27, 2016 at 5:02 pm

I pinned this! Sounds and looks amazing!

Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
- Joanna
  
  January 28, 2016 at 3:11 pm
  
  Thanks Jess!
Mum Of Five Girls

January 28, 2016 at 6:29 am

These look sooooo tasty!!
#TeamMM
- Joanna
  
  January 28, 2016 at 3:10 pm
  
  Thanks!
Hannah

January 29, 2016 at 7:34 pm

Does the frosting harden? Ive been trying desperately to find a frosting that hardens and actually tastes good :b
- Joanna
  
  January 30, 2016 at 5:06 pm
  
  It does harden quite a bit. You can't actually sit cookies on top of the frosting because it will leave dents in the frosting. Does that make sense?
Bonnie Morgan

February 04, 2016 at 8:15 pm

My eye went right to your pretty cookies for Valentine. Thanks for the recipe.
- Joanna
  
  February 04, 2016 at 8:17 pm
  
  Thank you so much Bonnie! Enjoy!
Carole @ From My Carolina Home

February 05, 2016 at 8:41 am

Yum! Going to get out the sugar cookie ingredients and get busy!
- Joanna
  
  February 05, 2016 at 9:03 am
  
  I know your going to love these as much as we do!