Frosted Sugar Cookies

Directions

• cookies:
• start by beating the butter, sugar and vanilla together for 5 minutes
• now add the egg and mix this in
• in a separate bowl mix together the flour, salt and baking powder. add this into the other bowl and mix just until a dough forms
• wrap the dough with some cling film then leave this to chill in the fridge for 30 minutes
• at this point also pre-heat your oven to 180c/350f
• once the dough has chilled. dust your counter with some icing sugar or flour, add the dough on top of this and roll it out
• the softness of the cookie depends on how thin you roll out the dough, a thicker dough will give you a softer cookie. i like to roll mine out until it's 1cm thick, i feel like that gives a good softness
• cut out whatever sizes and shapes you want, i used a 8cm round cookie cutter for mine
• add these onto a baking paper lined tray, making sure to leave a gap between each one and then bake them for around 15-18 minutes. they're done when the edges of them just start to turn slightly brown
• icing:
• whip the butter for 5 minutes, you want it to lighten in colour
• add in the condensed milk and whip until you get a smooth icing. if it happens to split just keep whipping it and it will come together
• now just mix in the vanilla
• add the icing on to the completely cooled cookies, smooth it out a little, add some sprinkles and then you're done!