Description
These taste just like Loft House sugar cookies and are just as soft.
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup butter
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract, or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons milk, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Beat vegetable shortening
- white sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- eggs
- and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl. Whisk flour
- salt
- and baking soda in a separate bowl. Slowly beat flour mixture into shortening mixture to make a smooth dough.
- Roll dough out 1/4-inch thick on a floured work surface and cut into shapes. Arrange cookies on baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm
- about 10 minutes. Let cool.
- Beat butter
- confectioners’ sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- and 2 tablespoons milk in a bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until frosting is spreadable and slightly fluffy. Frost cooled cookies.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 36