These sugar cookie bars are thick, sweet and topped with a creamy frosting! They are so yummy and completely addictive. Fun to change up the frosting color and sprinkles for different occasions!
I know you all have probably seen a recipe for sugar cookie bars on Pinterest and all over the internet. Apparently sugar cookie bars are all the rage right now. Which is pretty exciting if you LOVE sugar cookie bars like I do!
All the recipes I have seen are a bit different. My version of sugar cookie bars have powdered sugar & white sugar in the dough instead of all white sugar. I LOVE the texture, flavor, and softness that the powdered sugar adds. These ones also call for half butter and half vegetable or canola oil; which, surprisingly, makes the bars so flaky and soft.
Sugar cookie bars just happen to be my weakness. For real. My kids love them but we don’t make them often because they’re so addicting and so hard to eat just one.
When we do make them it’s usually for birthday parties, Holidays, potlucks, picnics so that way I can get them out of the house. We love making these with green & red frosting for Christmas with sprinkles. Pastel colors for Easter with spring sprinkles. Orange for Halloween with coordinating sprinkles. Red, White, & Blue for 4th of July. So many options!
I mean, seriously! SO YUMMY! That frosting is my favorite. I’m normally not a fan of frosting because it’s usually sickly sweet. This frosting, however, is not overly sweet because it has sour cream in it. Which might sound odd, but I promise it’s so good and is the perfect match for the sweet sugar cookie bars.
Enjoy friends! Thanks for stopping by.
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These sugar cookie bars are thick, sweet and topped with a creamy frosting! They are so yummy and completely addictive. Fun to change up the frosting color and sprinkles for different occasions!
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1-2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) butter, softened
- 2 tablespoon sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons whole milk or cream
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- Using a stand mixer or hand-held mixer, combine butter, oil, granulated sugar and powdered sugar and blend until combined and creamy.
- Add egg, water and vanilla and mix until well combined
- Add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and blend on low speed until combined
- Spread cookie dough mixture evenly into the pan.
- Sprinkle 1-2 tablespoons of sugar over the uncooked bars BEFORE placing them in the oven (optional but really good).
- Bake at 350 degrees for 14-16 minutes or until edges are just barely turning a light brown.
- Let cool completely before frosting.
- TO MAKE FROSTING: Mix butter, sour cream, and powdered sugar together with a blender. Add in the milk or cream until smooth and thick but still spreadable. Spread over bars.
Notes
Keep leftovers in the fridge. These bars soften up if left out in room temperature for too long. I like to make them ahead of time, if they are for an event, and then keep the frosted sugar cookie bars in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving.
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