Mushy Frosted Sugar Cookies

These cushy frosted sugar cookies are mild and fluffy, perfect for cutout vacation cookies. The frosting is a creamy buttercream that could well additionally be spread and sprinkled! Double the frosting recipe if you may maybe well like thickly frosted cookies!

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Instructions

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer or a dapper mixing bowl, mix the butter and sugar, creaming on medium trip till the combination is mild and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, vanilla, and milk, and scuttle to combine for another 30 seconds. Predicament the perimeters of the bowl.
   In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry components to the butter combination and mix slowly till wisely included. Predicament the perimeters of the bowl as wished.
   Divide the dough into two flat rounds and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in the fridge for at the least 1 hour or up to 3 days.
   When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and put together two pans by lining them with a sheet of parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Generously flour a work surface and roll one round of dough out to 1/8-1/4” thick the divulge of a floured rolling pin. Use medium-sized cookie cutters to diminish out shapes of dough and space them 2” apart on the ready pans. Hassle the general pan in the freezer for five minutes (or fridge for 10) to space the fashioned dough after which bake in the oven for approximately 10 minutes, or till the perimeters of the cookies are wisely-space. Allow to frigid on the pan like a flash after which put off to a cooling rack to frigid entirely. Repeat this job with the final dough. Strive no longer to fetch the dough too-floured or overworked as this could well commerce the texture of the cookies. In case your dough gets too warmth or sticky, space motivate in the fridge to chill out honest a tiny.
2. In a dapper bowl, mix the butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt, mixing till wisely blended. Add milk by the tablespoon till the frosting is thick but gentle, comparable to the consistency of a thick cake buttercream. Use gel meals coloring to dye the frosting and a knife to spread the frosting on the cookie. Trip!