Soft and chewy sugar cookies topped with a delicious and creamy buttercream frosting and decorated with green, purple, and gold sanding sugar. Everyone will love these easy chewy sugar cookies for a fun Mardi Gra themed treat this year.
The cookie dough is made like classic sugar cookies. The cookies are then cooled, then topped with buttecrream frosting and decorated with green, purple, and gold sanding sugars.
Mardi Gra Frosted Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3-4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- purple, green and gold sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. In a large bowl, mix together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in egg and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Add in the flour mixture and mix until fully combined.
- Roll the cookie dough into balls and place onto a large ungreased baking sheet at least 2-inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool completely. In a large bowl, mix butter with powdered sugar and vanilla extract until combined.
- Frost cooled cookies and decorate with sanding sugar.
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