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Easy Sheet Pan Sugar Cookie Bars

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Course Dessert
Cuisine American

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

Instructions
 

  • 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

  • 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!