Description
Soft Butter Cookies with Spring Icing are tender, buttery cookies decorated with light pastel icing. This recipe creates soft cookies that melt in your mouth and bring a gentle sweetness perfect for spring celebrations, tea time, or family gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
- Food coloring (pastel colors)
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
- Chill dough for 20 minutes.
- Roll dough into balls and flatten slightly.
- Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 9–11 minutes.
- Cool cookies completely.
- Mix powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla for icing.
- Color icing and decorate cookies.
Notes
Use room-temperature butter for best texture. Let cookies cool fully before icing. Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days or freeze un-iced cookies for longer storage.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg