Frosted Christmas Cookies Recipe

Nothing signals the beginning of the holiday season like a plate of homemade cookies. In this delicious recipe, cookies are topped with homemade frosting.

Ingredients:
1½ cup softened butter
1 cup White granulated sugar
1 cup Confectioners sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
5 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Salt
cookie cutters
parchment paper

Frosting Ingredients:
8 tbsp. Butter
2 tsp. Milk
2 tsp. Vanilla
about 2 cups confectioners sugar

Directions:
In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar until you get a smooth creamy mixture, beat in you eggs and vanilla, mix in your flour, baking powder and salt, cover and chill for an hour. After the dough has been chilled preheat oven to 400 degrees. Measure a piece of parchment paper so it fits your cookie sheet. Roll your dough so it’s ¼ inch thick instead of using floor to keep your dough from sticking use confectioners sugar. Use cookie cutters to make shapes, peel up excess dough leaving only your shapes. Once you have enough cookies place in oven for 6 to 8 min. once cookies have bake for 6 to 8 min transfer them to a cooling rack for 10 min and then frost your cookies.

Frosting Directions:
Melt the butter in your microwave about 30sec should do it. Add the rest of the ingredients and whisk until they are well combined. If the frosting is too watery add more sugar until it thickens up. If you want different colors separate the frosting in different bowls and add food coloring.