Soft frosted sugar cookies just like the Lofthouse cookies in your grocery store, except WAY better!

These cookies are pillowy soft, delicious and a perfect fun, easy cookie for Valentine’s day. My daughter begs for these cookies every time we go to the grocery store.

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Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies

How to make Lofthouse cookies (soft frosted sugar cookies)

Make the dough one day before you are ready to bake and decorate. It needs to refrigerate overnight.

With an electric mixer cream together the room temperature butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add sour cream, eggs, and vanilla extract.

Whisk the dry ingredients together, then add to the creamed mixture. The dough will be sticky. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill the dough overnight.

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.

The next day, on a floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into as many desired shapes as possible. Repeat with the remaining dough as necessary.

I used two different sized heart cookie cutters for ours.

Place on the cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Do NOT over-bake! Remove the cookies from the oven just before the edges turn golden. Allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack.

Mix up the frosting and choose your food coloring.  The shortening added in this frosting helps it to develop a slightly firmer crust once set.

Decorate the cookies with the frosting and sprinkles of your choice.

Enjoy!

My husband and daughter raved about these soft frosted sugar cookies. They have already requested I make them again.

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Soft Frosted Sugar Cookie Recipe

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5 from 2 votes

Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies

Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies – Pillowy soft sugar cookies loaded with perfectly sweet frosting! Lofthouse copycat but way better!

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Cookie, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookies, frosted, lofthouse, soft, sugar

Servings: 24

Calories: 331kcal

Author: Don’t Sweat The Recipe

Ingredients

Cookie

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Frosting:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons shortening (optional – helps develop that harder crust)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 – 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3-4 tablespoons heavy cream
• food coloring to color frosting (optional)
• candy sprinkles to decorate (optional)

Instructions

• Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add sour cream, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk the dry ingredients together, then add to the creamed mixture. The dough will be sticky. Cover, and chill dough overnight.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes.
• Place cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Do NOT over-bake! Remove the cookies from the oven just before the edges turn golden. Allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack.
• To make the frosting: Cream the butter and shortening together in a stand mixer or using your hand mixer for 3 minutes. Add salt, vanilla then slowly add 2 cups of powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add heavy cream, 1 tablespoon at a time then add the remainder of powdered sugar until desired consistency and taste is reached (you may not need it all) and continue to beat until smooth.

Notes

The number of cookies yielded will depend on the cookie cutter size you use.

Nutrition

Calories: 331kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 176mg | Potassium: 49mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 437IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg

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