Name: Holiday Sugar Cookie Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter (softened to room temp.); 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup festive sprinkles; Frosting:; 2 cups powdered sugar; 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter (softened to room temp.); 3 tbsp cream cheese (softened); 1 tsp vanilla; 2 tbsp milk; additional sprinkles

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Do I have to go to the store?

When I first started to learn how to bake (I’m still not that great at it), I would make sure that I went to the store to pick up my unsalted butter and follow every single direction in the recipe to a tee. Now that I’m more experienced, I’ve gotten to the point in most of my baking that I just use salted butter for all of it. If there is additional salt called for in the recipe, I usually just cut the measurement in half. It’s never overly salty and adds just the right amount of balance to most baked goods. This just makes everything easier. And couldn’t we all use easy? I always have salted butter in the fridge so I don’t have to go out and make a special trip just for unsalted butter.

Sugar Cookie Bars with Frosting

So, this recipe I am making today is literally half sugar cookie and half frosting. They are decadent and delicious. Now, obviously I am using some Christmas-colored sprinkles. But, of course, you can switch these up with whatever colored sprinkles you love.

I like to eat these cold so I pop them in the fridge. However, you can put them in an airtight container and they’ll stay fresh for about 3 days.

Ingredients:
1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 Eggland’s Best egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup festive sprinkles

Frosting:
2 cups powdered sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter, softened to room temperature
3 tbsp cream cheese, softened
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp milk
additional sprinkles

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Line a 9×9 baking pan with parchment paper. Beat together butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in egg and vanilla. Finally, beat in flour and baking powder, a little at a time, until you have a thick batter. Gently stir in the sprinkles.

Spread batter into prepared baking pan. Bake at 350f degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown. When finished baking, take cookie bar out of the oven and allow it to cool fully. Once cooled, gently lift sides of parchment paper to remove the entire bar from baking pan.

To make the frosting, blend powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla and milk with an electric mixer. Spread frosting generously onto cooled cookie bar, and top with additional sprinkles.

Cut into squares and serve immediately or let frosting set for a firmer feel.

Enjoy!

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