Easy Sugar Cookie Bars

No rolling pin or cookie cutters are needed for these easy sugar cookie bars; just spread dough on a baking sheet, bake, frost, and cut!

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 161 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 drops green food coloring
• 3 tablespoons milk, or more as needed
• 2 ½ cups flour
• 1 cup butter, at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x18-inch rimmed baking sheet.

Step 2

Combine white sugar, 1 cup butter, 8 ounces cream cheese, and egg in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well mixed, about 4 minutes. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and almond extract. Mix in flour, baking powder, and baking soda until dough comes together.

Step 3

Press dough evenly over the greased baking sheet.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely, 10 to 20 minutes.

Step 5

Beat 1/2 cup butter and 4 ounces cream cheese together in a bowl until smooth. Beat in confectioners' sugar. Thin icing with milk and vanilla extract. Split icing between 2 bowls. Mix green food coloring into 1 bowl.

Step 6

Spread green icing over cooled cookies. Cut into 48 squares. Pour white icing into a resealable plastic bag. Cut off corner tip. Drizzle white icing over cookies.