Recipe: Best Ever Butter Cookies With Buttercream Icing

Cookie Ingredients

• 1 1/2 sticks softened butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 extra large egg
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon butter flavoring (optional)

Preheat oven to 365 degrees

1. Mix butter and sugars together with electric mixer until light and fluffy
2. Add egg and mix thoroughly
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly
4. Roll cookies into small pecan-sized balls and place on cookie sheets
5. Press an indentation into each cookie with your finger or thumb
6. Bake in pre-heated oven for 9-10 minutes
7. Immediately re-indent with teaspoon or whatever’s handy
8. Remove to paper and cool completely
9. Frost with buttercream icing (use pastry bag fitted with the tip of your choice or just slather it on with a knife) and sprinkle with colored sugar
10. Let the singing begin!

Buttercream Icing Ingredients

• 1 lb. box confectioners sugar
• 1 stick softened butter
• 2 tablespoons shortening (Crisco)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
• 2-3 tablespoons milk or Half & Half
• Whip all ingredients together until smooth and of spreading consistency