What's better than sweet soft sugar cookies? All the best of a sugar cookie baked up in a bar. Old fashioned in flavor and modern in the making, these sugar cookie bars are perfect especially when topped with a sweet light buttercream frosting.

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What’s better than sweet soft sugar cookies? Quick and Easy Sugar Cookie Bars! All the best of a sugar cookie baked up in a bar. Old fashioned in flavor and modern in the making, these bars are perfect especially when topped with a sweet light buttercream frosting.

Why Make THIS Sugar Cookie Bar Recipe??

There are a lot of sugar cookie bar recipes out there, so why should you try this one?

THIS is THE sugar cookie recipe that made my “I hate sugar cookies” Husband actually LIKE sugar cookies. It’s an OLD family favorite cookie, not too sweet and incredibly tender. It’s a family favorite for a reason!

On TOP of the perfect sugar cookie is a soft layer of buttercream. Not too much either, just enough.

Why make Cookie Bars at ALL?!?

I know the classic sugar cookie recipes is typically rolled out and cut out with cookie cutters. Those sugar cookies have their time and place, and they’re so much fun to make!

BUT

They’re a lot of work! And while we all love them they take time. With this sugar cookie bar recipe you get ALL the flavors of sugar cookies with just minimal work.

And sometimes we just need cookies, QUICK! Like these M&M Christmas Cookie Bars or these Snickerdoodle Bars. Time is short let’s make a bunch of cookies at once.

Do these taste better than cookie dough in a tube?

Absolutely! They’re homemade. And you can taste it. Sure cookie dough in a plastic tube IS quick and easy they taste like they came in a tube. These take about 15 minutes longer and TASTE 100 times better.

What do I need to make these Sugar Cookie Bars?

Softened Butter (read my tip below for softening butter quickly!)
hand mixer OR stand mixer
Parchment Paper or Foil
9×13 baking pan
SPRINKLES!

How to Soften Butter Quickly

Boil Water
pour it into a pint jar
let it sit 2 minutes
pour it out
turn the hot jar upside down over the butter you want to soften
let it sit for about five minutes
repeat one more time if needed

My Other Favorite Cookie Recipes

My Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are pretty high up my list of all TIME FAVORITE COOKIES! We also love lemon cookies, they’re so refreshing.

And these Florentine Cookies are a new fave!

Sugar Cookie Bars

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Course: Dessert Recipes

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 20

Additional Time: 6

Total Time: 36

Calories: 5045kcal

Author: Laura

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Equipment

Ingredients

3/4 cup softened butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Frosting

1/2 cup softened butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2-3 Tablespoons milk

Instructions

preheat the oven to 350˚
butter a 9×13 and line it with parchment so you can lift it out as one big cookie, you can also use foil for this
cream the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy
add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition
mix in the vanilla
pour the flour in on the butter
then use a fork to lightly mix in the baking powder and salt into the flour
then use the mixer to mix everything together until the dough comes together
scrape the bowl with a spatula to make sure everything is mixed in well
bake the cookie for 20 minutes at 350˚
when it's lightly browned remove it frm the oven and let it cool
when it's cool make the frosting by mixing the butter and powdered sugar together with a mixer, stir in the vanilla and salt
add just enough milk to make a light fluffy buttercream
frost the cookie and add sprinkles
lift the whole cookie out of the pan
cut into bars and serve