BUTTERMILK SUGAR COOKIES

5 from 2 votes

Buttermilk Sugar Cookies are every sugar cookie lovers' dream come true! This sugar cookie with buttermilk creates the most soft and delicious treat and they are so easy to make too!

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Total Time25

Course: Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Buttermilk Sugar Cookies

Servings:

Calories: 105kcal

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

Cookie dough

½ cup butter 1 stick, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
¾ cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

½ cup butter 1 stick, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
2-3 TBSP milk
2 rounded cups powdered sugar

Instructions

Prep

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.

Cookie dough

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars for about 1 minute.
Then, add in the egg, buttermilk and vanilla extract and mix until nice and smooth.
Next, in a separate small bowl combine all the dry ingredients.
After that, add about 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mix well, then add the other half.
The dough will be softer than normal cookie dough and stickier, cover the bowl and let cool in fridge for 1 hour.

Baking

Once the cookie dough has cooled, scoop out about 2 TBSP of cookie dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake for 9-10 minutes.
Let cool for an additional 2 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.

Frosting

With an electric handheld mixer, whip the butter in a mixing bowl on medium power for about 3 minutes, until fluffy and light in color.
Then, add in the vanilla extract, milk and 1 cup of the powdered sugar. Continue to mix for 1 minute.
Next, add in the other cup of powdered sugar and mix on medium for 3-4minutes.
Once the cookies are fully cooled, frost with about 1 TBSP of vanilla buttercream per cookie. If you want to add some fun sprinkles, feel free!
Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Buttermilk Sugar Cookies are so sensational, one of the best cookies we have made! This sugar cookie with buttermilk is so amazing, whip up a batch today and what how quickly they disappear!

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