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.
Try our Cut-Out Sugar Cookie recipe!
Soft Frosted Sugar Cookie Recipe
Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies
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.
Comments
Elizabeth
February 9, 2017Hi! I’m here from the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. Thanks for this recipe! My kids are huge fans of those cookies in the store, too (and so am I!). I’m going to have to give this a try!
DSTR
February 10, 2017I hope you enjoy them! Thanks so much for coming by, Elizabeth.
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Miz Helen
February 14, 2017Your Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies look delicious! Happy Valentine Day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome talent with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
April J Harris
February 16, 2017What lovely cookies, Leigh! Scheduled to pin to two boards. I really enjoy soft sugar cookies and these are so pretty. Thank you for sharing with Hearth and Soul..
Jordyn
February 16, 2017love this! wish i would have seen it for valentines day! but i guess i will try it for easter! thanks for posting 🙂
DSTR
February 17, 2017Thank you, Jordyn! Have a blessed day!
Louise Swan
February 8, 2020Hi Leigh
I’ve made a few of your recipes and LOVE them all. Making these cookies today. Do I add the shortening with the butter for the frosting?
DSTR
February 10, 2020Hey, Louise! Sorry, I took so long to respond, we have been down with a nasty virus. Yes, cream the butter and shortening together. I have corrected the recipe. Thanks for pointing this out!
Larry Sclafani
November 29, 2020These are the best Christmas sugar cookies!! My girls will love these sugar cookies. A great way to keep the weekend cravings ready. Thanks for such an amazing recipe plus the fewer the ingredients married is the making.
Larry Sclafani
