Easy Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
These sugar cookie bars are soft, tender and moist and topped with a light vanilla frosting.
Equipment
- 9 x 9 inch square baking pan
- Hand mixer optional
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Bars
- 125 g butter 1/2 cup
- 225 g caster sugar 1 cup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 whole egg
- 1 egg yolk
- zest of 1/2 a lemon
- 210 g plain flour 1 3/4 cup
- 30 g cornflour 1/4 cup
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
Frosting
- 75 g butter 1/3 cup
- 260 g icing sugar 2 cups
- 60 ml double cream 1/4 cup
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Food coloring
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Sugar Cookie Bars
- Cream together the butter and sugar, until pale and fluffy
- Whisk in eggs and lemon zest, combine well
- Next, mix in the dry ingredients until you get a crumbly dough
- Press the dough in the baking pan using your hands, a measuring cup or a glass, making sure to get a flat and even base
- Place into a preheated oven at (170 degrees / 375 Fahrenheit / gas mark 5) for 15 - 20 minutes, until golden brown, firm and cooked throughAllow to completely cool before frosting
Frosting
- Cream the butter, cream and vanilla, until pale and fluffy
- Add in the icing sugar in the 3 parts, mixing the frosting in between each time
- Once the frosting is light and fluffy, add in the food colouring of your choice
- Finally, smooth the frosting over the sugar cookie bars and top with sprinklesThen, cut into 16 bars and enjoy!