The very best soft, Unforgettable Sugar Cookies with Almond Buttercream Frosting! 
Everybody needs these Unforgettable Sugar Cookies in their life! Like, now. These are my go-to sugar cookies for every holiday or anytime we’re just craving sugar cookies! A co-worker of mine, Sher, shared the recipe with me years ago and I’ve been making them ever since.
We whipped some up this afternoon for Valentine’s Day tomorrow! It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies, right?
The secrets to any good sugar cookie in my book are #1. always under-baking them and #2. always, always using almond extract (in the cookie and the frosting). That’s what make these so. dang. good.
This recipe makes about 12-14 cookies depending on how big you make them. So if you like, big, thick sugar cookies and want to make for a crowd or to share with friends and neighbors, I’d double the recipe!
Now….who wants to bet we have Valentine babies to go with these Valentine cookies tomorrow??!!!
Unforgettable Sugar Cookies with Almond Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cups butter, soft
- 1 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp almond extract
Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter, soft
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp whole milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Beat flour mixture into wet mixture. Add flavorings last. Roll out dough 1/4 inch thick and cut out desired shapes. Place cookies on cookie sheets lined with parchment (do not use cooking spray). Bake 9-12 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Makes 5-7 dozen depending on size of cookies.
Frosting:
- Cream butter together until fluffy. Alternately beat in powdered sugar and milk. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts and beat for several minutes until smooth and fluffy. Add more or less powdered sugar and milk to get desired consistency.
These truly look perfect! LOVE!
These cookies look SOOOOO good! I just pinned them to my sugar cookie board on Pinterest and I can’t wait to try them! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
I love an easy sugar cookie recipe. These are so fun for Christmas.
I need to leave out the Crisco for health reasons so will double the butter. I hope it turns out good.
Hi! The instructions for the frosting list “cream Crisco and butter..” yet there is no Crisco listed for ingredients. Is it a typo and should read “cream butter OR crisco”? Thanks!
Sorry for the error, just butter in the frosting!
Do you use salted or unsalted butter for the cookies and the frosting?
These turned out delicious! Wonderful flavor! We used these as a drop cookie and then dipped them in a pretty blue glaze instead of icing them. This recipe is a keeper!
Need some clarification on how many cookies this makes. Your note says 12-14, but the recipe says 5-7 dozen. Thanks for clearing up the confusion.
so sorry I just saw this! it makes 12-14!