Frosted Sugar Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup butter

  softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 whole egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cream tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 cup vegetable shortening

  I use Crisco.
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons half & half

  or milk (you may need more depending on consistency of your frosting)

Instructions

• 1 Add butter and sugars to your mixing bowl, mix on high until creamed together
  and fluffy.
• 2 Slowly drizzle in oil beating as you go until oil is incorporated, add vanilla.
  Add one whole egg plus a yolk beat until combined and creamy.
• 3 In a separate bowl add dry ingredients gradually add the dry ingredients to the
  wet until cookie dough forms a ball. Remove from bowl and wrap the ball of
  cookie dough in plastic wrap or place in a zip-loc bag.
• 4 Refrigerate dough for 3 hours or over night is best.
• 5 Lightly dust countertop with flour take half of the dough, place on top of
  flour, dust with more flour and slowly begin to roll out dough. As is warms it
  will be come more pliable, when it's cold it can tend to break.
  
  Roll dough out to 1/3 of an inch thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters
  or use a glass to cut out round cookies.
  
  Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
  
  Remove from oven and let cool on sheet for 5 minutes before removing to baking
  rack.
• 6 Allow to cool completely before frosting.
• 7 Whip shortening and vanilla together in bowl add half of the powdered sugar and
  1 tablespoon of half and half whip on high for 3 minutes or until fluffy add
  remaining sugar and liquid mix on high until fluffy about 5 minutes. When
  cookies are cooled, frost, and decorate with sprinkles or decorative frosting.

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