Butter Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

Butter Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

These tender butter cookies will melt in your mouth. Perfect for cut-out cookies or topped with a sweet vanilla buttercream for a delicious treat.

Preparation Time
45 mins
Cooking Time
10 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Calories
131 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Prepare cookies: Beat butter and white sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
Step 2
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients to make a smooth dough. Chill dough in refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours.
Step 3
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Dust a pastry cloth or kitchen towel generously with flour.
Step 4
Divide dough into thirds and roll each third out 1/8-inch-thick on the prepared pastry cloth. Cut shapes out of the rolled dough with cookie cutters. Place cookies onto ungreased baking sheets.
Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are barely browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing to finish cooling on a wire rack.
Step 6
Frost cooled cookies.
Step 7
While cookies are cooling, prepare frosting: Beat 3 cups powdered sugar, butter, 9 teaspoons evaporated milk, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Gradually stir in remaining 6 cups powdered sugar into mixture until combined. Continue to beat on high speed until frosting is fluffy; stir in additional evaporated milk or confectioners' sugar if needed to reach desired consistency.
Butter Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Butter Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Butter Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Butter Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons whole milk
  • 9 cups powdered sugar, divided, or more as needed
  • 9 tablespoons evaporated milk, or more as needed
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 0.75 cup white sugar
  • 1.5 tablespoons vanilla extract

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