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Stacked Sugar Cookie Bars on a plate with sprinkles. Milk on the side.
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Sugar Cookie Bars

These soft Sugar Cookie Bars are a fun twist on the classic sugar cookie recipe and MUCH easier to make! You'll love this chewy, buttery cookie bar topped with a layer of smooth sweet frosting.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: sugar cookies
Servings: 12
Calories: 672kcal
Author: Heidi Rasmussen

Ingredients

Sugar Cooke Bars

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Frosting ingredients

  • 1/2 cup salted butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 pound powdered sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons heavy cream (half and half works too)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • pinch salt (optional)
  • pink gel coloring
  • sprinkles

Instructions

Sugar Cookie Bars

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
    Baking dish lined with parchment paper and non stick cooking spray.
  • Cream butter and sugar together.
    Mixing bowl with creamed butter and sugar.
  • Add eggs and vanilla.
    Mixing bowl with combined wet ingredients.
  • In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cornstarch and salt.
    Mixing bowl with dry ingredients and whisk.
  • Slowing add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix together until dough can hold together into a soft ball.
    Mixing bowl with Sugar Cookie Bar dough.
  • Drop clumps of dough evenly around pan.
    Blobs of Sugar Cookie dough in a baking dish.
  • Press dough down evenly with hands or spatula. Bake 25-30 minutes or until dough BARELY starts getting golden around the edges. Do not over bake!
    Baking dish lined with parchment paper and smoothed Sugar Cookie Bar dough.

Frosting

  • Cream the butter, shortening and sugar together with an electric mixer.
    Mixing bowl with creamed butter and sugar.
  • Add vanilla, heavy cream and powdered sugar. Mix for 3 minters on high.
    Mixing bowl with Sugar Cookie Bar frosting.
  • Color with 3 drops of soft pink gel coloring and blend together.
    Pink Gel coloring for Sugar Cookie Bars.
  • Frost cooled cookie bars to give a nice thick layer of frosting and place sprinkles on top.
    Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars with sprinkles.

Notes

*I love to buy gel coloring from Hobby Lobby or from Amazon. It blends perfectly with the frosting and the color won't separate from the butter in the frosting as some food coloring tends to do. 
Store in an air tight container up to a week.  
I cut these bars into 12 huge bars, but this can easily be cut into 24 bars. 

Nutrition

Calories: 672kcal | Carbohydrates: 88g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 106mg | Sodium: 396mg | Potassium: 130mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 62g | Vitamin A: 824IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg