Simple recipe for buttercream cookie frosting.

Buttercream Frosting for Sugar Cookies

Recipe by Ana White Course: All Recipes, Christmas Ideas, Cookies, Desserts and Baked Goods, Holidays
Servings

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

minutes

Simple buttercream frosting, perfect when paired with our Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe.

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup 1/2 butter (1 stick)

  • 3 cups 3 confectioner’s sugar

  • 1/2 tsp 1/2 vanilla

  • 1-3 tbsp 1-3 milk, as needed

  • food coloring as desired

Directions

  • Cut butter into small pieces.
  • Using a mixer, add butter and 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar. Mix until smooth. Keep adding confectioner’s sugar, 1/2 cup at a time.
  • Add in the vanilla.
  • If too thick, thin with milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency.
  • Color with food coloring.

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