Place 1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough, 1 egg yolk, and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour in large bowl. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH EGG YOLK AND FLOUR.) Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
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Scoop 2-tablespoon-size balls of cookie dough onto cookie sheets covered with silicone baking mats or cooking parchment paper. Refrigerate dough balls 15 minutes. Heat oven to 350°F.
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Bake chilled cookies 12 to 14 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely before frosting.
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In medium bowl, beat 3 tablespoons softened butter, 3 cups powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired frosting consistency. Frost cookies. Decorate with sprinkles. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
This recipe calls for at least 15 minutes of cooling time for your dough before baking. Don’t skip this step! When you cool the dough, this lets the fat firm up a bit before baking, resulting in fluffier, softer cookies that keep more of their height.
When frosting cookies, make sure they have cooled completely to ensure your frosting goes on easily and sets well. Once you are ready to get decorating, remember this icing will set within a few minutes on the cookies, so make sure to add your sprinkles before the icing sets.
Add a drop or two of food coloring to your icing to quickly transform the color and double the fun!
Are you planning on enlisting the kids for help with cookie-decorating? Take a look at our quick video Tips for Decorating with Kids for some great tricks to help things go smoother!
Check out a couple of our other favorite crowd-pleasing sugar cookie recipes! This recipe for Old-fashioned Sugar Cookies is great to make when you have a little extra time available and want to try your hand making delicious sugar cookies from scratch with an easy-to-follow recipe. This recipe for Basic Iced Holiday Sugar Cookies is perfect for when you have cookie-cutters ready to make delicious shape cookies, perfect for holiday decorating anytime of the year!
