Cut Out Frosted Cookies

Recipe by Alycia Orcena, Prospect, Ohio
First place, Cookies & Pastries (All Other Cookie), 2017

Baking temperature: 375 degrees F
Baking time: 8-10 minutes
Yield: 2-3 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 c butter
• 2 c sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ c condensed milk
• 1 t vanilla
• 4 ½ c flour
• 4 T baking powder
• 2 T salt

Frosting:

• 1/3 c butter
• 4 ½ c powdered sugar
• ½ c milk
• 1 ½ t vanilla

Instructions

• Cream together butter and sugar in bowl
• Stir in eggs, vanilla and condensed milk until creamy
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and add to creamy butter mixture
• Blend thoroughly
• Divide dough into three balls, wrap in wax paper, and chill for at least an hour
• Roll out dough on lightly floured surface about ½ inch thickness and cut out with favorite cookie cutter
• Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes (bottoms will be slightly brown and top will spring back when lightly touched)
• Cool and frost (if desired)
• Store in an airtight container

Frosting:

• Blend butter and 1 c of the powdered sugar with a mixer
• Add in milk and vanilla
• Blend in remaining powdered sugar
• Mix on high speed until a creamy consistency is reached (more or less as desired)
• Add in coloring if desired
• Frost cookies