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Easy Sheet Pan Sugar Cookie Bars

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Salted Butter (2 sticks) Room temperature
  • 2 Cups Granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 Cup Sour cream
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla extract
  • 3/4 Teaspoon Almond or lemon extract Either are fantastic to flavor this recipe but almond is our favorite. Lemon juice cannot be substituted.
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Baking powder
  • 3 1/2 Cups All-purpose flour

Method
 

  1. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, sour cream, salt and extracts. Blend together until incorporated. Add dry ingredients. Mix just until ingredients are incorporated.
    Prepare a sheet pan 12x17 with non-stick spray. Spread dough onto sheet using a spatula, scraper or lightly buttered hands until it is all flat and even. It doesn't have to be perfect, the dough will spread a bit more during baking, so just get it as even as you can.
    Bake bars at 350° for 20-25 minutes (just until golden brown)
    ALLOW BARS TO FULLY COOL BEFORE CUTTING. Add frosting and slice into bars or squares, any size you would like.
Silky Buttercream Frosting
  1. This frosting can have many flavor variations depending on your extract. I love using either lemon or almond, and have also found Amoretti's Wild strawberry flavor to be very delicious!
    1 Cup butter (2 sticks room temperature)
    3 1/2-4 cups Powdered sugar
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    3- 3 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream
    1 teaspoon EITHER almond, lemon or strawberry extract or flavor. ALMOND is our favorite!