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Soft Brown Sugar Cookies Recipe
Cookies recipeFrosted with brown butter frosting, they have suddenly become the favorite of Kid #1 too! Now that’s impressive.
I have no little hints or tricks this time. These are easy to whip up and do not require any dough refrigeration beforehand. Now that’s a sugar cookie I can love!
Soft Brown Sugar Cookie Recipe
Print Brown Sugar CookiesI found this website while scouring the web. Unfortunately, the site seems to have disappeared!
Good thing I kept my notes and can store it here on little Indiana.
Ingredients
- 2/3 Cup Butter or Margarine, Softened
- 1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar, Packed
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/2 Cups Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 Cup Sour Cream
- Frosting
- 1/4 Cup Butter or Margarine
- 1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (my addition)
- 2 Tablespoon Milk (more or less)
Instructions
- Mix together Butter and Brown Sugar in mixer bowl.
- Add in Eggs one at a time, beat well.
- Add in Vanilla Extract.
- Combine Dry Ingredients.
- Add to mixer bowl alternating with Sour Cream.
- DO NOT overbeat.
- Drop dough by tablespoons onto greased cookie sheet (I used parchment paper and a 3 Tablespoon Cookie Dough Scoop).
- Bake 350* for 8-12 minutes depending on your oven and the size of your cookies.
- Cool.
- FOR THE FROSTING
- Melt Butter.
- Once it turns golden, quickly remove from heat and stir in Powdered Sugar and Vanilla (if using).
- Add in Milk as needed to reach your desired consistency.
- Frost cooled cookies.
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