KYLEE COOKS
Sugar Cookie Bars are a classic! Fluffy, soft and a little bit chewy, these bars are topped with a creamy homemade frosting.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F Spray a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
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In a stand mixer, beat together butter, cream cheese and sugar for 2 minutes until blended, light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, egg and egg yolk and beat for 3 minutes.
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In a bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Add half the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix on low until just combined.
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Add the rest of the flour, scraping down the edges until everything is fully mixed. Stop when you no longer see flour.
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Transfer dough to prepared baking pan and press it down with a spatula' covering the whole pan evenly. Bake for 25 min.
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Whisk butter until light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy cream Mix on low speed until combined.
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Turn up the speed to high. Whisk until very fluffy and light. Add two drops of food gel if using and beat until completely mixed, and the color even.
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Once your bars are cool, frost them and add sprinkles.
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Remove bars from pan and cut them into squares.
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I prefer to use gel food coloring, because it doesn’t affect the texture of the frosting.
Don’t skip the cream cheese, it helps make the bars soft and fluffy.
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Be sure to use room temperature butter.
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