The Very Best Soft Sugar Cookie + Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe Story

The Very Best Soft Sugar Cookie + Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

[{"selector":"#anim-3a796c26-6960-411d-a384-df67c0e38b96","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d52dcbc7-6d55-4f39-864e-1fa2bcfbe37d","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b2e942ce-24be-455f-9ccd-fc537a9b5043","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-51cc8cf4-8a98-4d1a-85fb-016aa1a833cd","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.71471%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Get Recipe

My mom’s sugar cookies are famous. For real. They’re soft and cakey with the very best cream cheese frosting for cookies.

[{"selector":"#anim-3b1d3816-c9ae-4a85-a242-bb5d8ba90cfc","keyframes":[{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":0},{"transform":"scale(1.01)","offset":0.33},{"transform":"scale(0.999)","offset":0.66},{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":1}],"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-975741f0-af1d-4e63-b6fa-c13a44279a2e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1eedebfe-f924-42b1-8f64-33d159447744","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -129.58707%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Get Recipe

It’s way better than the tasteless “royal” icing that’s often used to decorate sugar cookies or the pasty pink frosting on those store bought ones.

[{"selector":"#anim-fa4bfd3c-e836-44b4-8567-54c9d5684ee9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aa8722e6-198d-493f-aaa8-ca39290cd94d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -145.35441%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Get Recipe

What You'll Need:

[{"selector":"#anim-909a6176-5c23-4694-be7a-56f19d1a3227","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4d4bd9aa-22a1-48f8-b43c-477bbc22a584","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7c171e91-dcba-4aa4-8de0-0c18a874dd0e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -284.93837%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Sugar Margarine Eggs Milk All Purpose Flour Salt Baking Powder Butter Vanilla Powdered Sugar Cream Cheese Get Recipe

[{"selector":"#anim-07edd64b-5e74-4491-8d0c-933e7941f992","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-268b55bf-2785-4641-a493-a159578dba9f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f3f9091f-6a88-431d-aeb7-c563d771f913","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Don’t roll the dough out too thin! If you want nice, soft, puffy cookies, your dough needs to be right around 3/8th of an inch thick once rolled out. 01 Get Recipe

Don’t overbake! Cookies should not be brown AT ALL. Not even a little or they’ll end up crunchy.

[{"selector":"#anim-9675181c-845f-43d1-87f1-4018c3497eee","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7d5fcce9-776b-4a63-b245-dde784c81471","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1665a4f5-79c7-46f5-a57d-8220b81fbd08","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] 02 Get Recipe

[{"selector":"#anim-a6a1fc8c-8c90-4cdb-8e1a-a56f8d8babb4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ac40a549-d0eb-4253-8a58-45d4185188b3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-92bc7724-bfa2-417f-a8b6-6d7227c15813","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] When done they’ll be nice and puffed and firm enough to come off the cookie sheet pretty easily – they won’t be gooey – but even the bottoms will still be white. 03 Get Recipe

Soften butter and cream cheese, then blend together with remaining frosting ingredients.

[{"selector":"#anim-31915ca2-5d68-4b0a-8103-974547d02631","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-51b1b152-784e-42cb-ac2c-ace59a71bf9b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-93e37bbc-8663-4a0e-983c-20879672b4ba","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] 04 Get Recipe

Tint with food coloring if desired and frost cookies.

[{"selector":"#anim-d5558b91-64de-4109-ad36-1a98e66e6169","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f95eda46-2a75-454e-97ff-7551167e70c3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-87d59908-0c21-48b3-ad24-a44b6534a3dd","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] 05 Get Recipe

Want to give this recipe a try? Tap the link below for all the details.

[{"selector":"#anim-4808c8ce-c20d-420f-9003-394205348201","keyframes":[{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":0},{"transform":"scale(1.01)","offset":0.33},{"transform":"scale(0.999)","offset":0.66},{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":1}],"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-94a805d7-e9ea-4c32-b352-6b2b431ed293","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c1776e13-eb76-479f-9eab-6d353e17a7e4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -179.2546%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Get Recipe

More RECIPE ideas

[{"selector":"#anim-54d82998-4011-47e1-848a-47108138fb32","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d2965d28-1ec4-4b92-a71e-bc97e1c093eb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 89.12158%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7d605979-eb1a-41cb-be1c-a1b24e7a9349","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-22dfd911-b8e5-4a26-b016-89d8bd842460","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 195.21801%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-096c046c-670b-4e3b-98c8-3f5d8e97eb86","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ea7544d6-babe-4ec8-97b2-40ba1e663fd0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Super Easy Cinnamon Twists With Cream Cheese Frosting Oreo Sugar Cookies With Cookies And Cream Frosting