Best Sugar Cookies

This is my Mom’s favorite sugar cookie recipe. It truly is the BEST!! We love when my mom make these. I have many fond memories of cutting out the hearts with a cookie cutter. Putting them on the cookie sheet and waiting for them to be cook and cool so I could decorate them. They always tasted AMAZING!! Just thinking back on them I feel the LOVE my mom had for us. It wasn't about the treat as much as the time she spent with us making them.

Ingredients

  • 1 c. butter
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 c. buttermilk
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 5 c. flour

Instructions

  1. Cookie dough instructions...
  2. Cream together the butter, sugar and eggs then add buttermilk, vanilla, baking soda, salt, baking powder and mix all ingredients well. Add Flour last.
  3. Set in covered container in refrigerator at lease 3 hours. Dough will set up more during this time. (the dough will be soft.)
  4. Roll out ¼ to ½ thickness on floured surface. cut with cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake for 1- to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. DO NOT Brown! Frost and decorate. Makes 4 dozen cookies!
  5. Frosting instructions...
  6. Combine
  7. butter, 1 c. confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and almond extracts. Beat at medium speed and add remaining confectioners’ sugar alternately with heavy whipping cream. Beat until smooth.