Butter Cookies with Buttercream Frosting

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1

   {'id': 'step_0', 'step': 1, 'text': 'Prepare cookies: Beat butter and white sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla until smooth.'}

2. 2

   {'id': 'step_1', 'step': 2, 'text': 'Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients to make a smooth dough. Chill dough in refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours.'}

3. 3

   {'id': 'step_2', 'step': 3, 'text': 'Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Dust a pastry cloth or kitchen towel generously with flour.'}

4. 4

   {'id': 'step_3', 'step': 4, 'text': 'Divide dough into thirds and roll each third out 1/8-inch-thick on the prepared pastry cloth. Cut shapes out of the rolled dough with cookie cutters. Place cookies onto ungreased baking sheets.'}

5. 5

   {'id': 'step_4', 'step': 5, 'text': 'Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are barely browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing to finish cooling on a wire rack.'}

6. 6

   {'id': 'step_5', 'step': 6, 'text': 'While cookies are cooling, prepare frosting: Beat 3 cups powdered sugar, butter, 9 teaspoons evaporated milk, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Gradually stir in remaining 6 cups powdered sugar into mixture until combined. Continue to beat on high speed until frosting is fluffy; stir in additional evaporated milk or confectioners' sugar if needed to reach desired consistency.'}

7. 7

   {'id': 'step_6', 'step': 7, 'text': 'Frost cooled cookies.'}

📊 Nutrition Facts

Per serving (72 servings total)