28 Day Detox Diet

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies & Lauren's Favorite Buttercream Frosting

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened (not too soft)
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs (if possible, eggs at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/10402/the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies/

Frosting:

"Whenever you make these cookies for someone, be sure to bring along several copies of the recipe! You will be asked for it, I promise! NOTE: I make icing with confectioners' sugar and milk. I make it fairly thin, as I 'paint' the icing on the cookies with a pastry brush. Thin enough to spread easily but not so thin that it just makes your cookies wet and run off." author of this recipe, Jill Sanders.

Lauren's Favorite Frosting:

Ingredients
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-4 tablespoons milk

Directions

In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk, mix together sugar and butter. Mix on low speed until well blended and then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.

Add vanilla and milk and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more milk if needed for spreading consistency.

For my cupcake frosting ratios, go here:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/quick-vanilla-buttercream-frosting-recipe.html
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