Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars
A deliciously sweet traybake of Christmas sugar cookie bars based on the classic cookie, with a sweet frosting and decoration
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Servings: 16 pieces
Ingredients
Sugar cookie bars
- 250 g unsalted butter
- 200 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 medium egg
- 425 g plain flour
Decoration
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 300 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of sea salt
- food colouring
- sprinkles
Instructions
Sugar cookie bars
- Preheat the oven to 190ºc/170ºc fan and line a 9x9” tin with parchment paper
- Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until fluffy
- Add the vanilla and egg and mix again
- Add the flour and beat to a dough
- Press into the base of the tin firmly
- Bake for 20-22 minutes and then leave to cool fully
- In a new bowl, beat the butter on it’s own until smooth
- Add the icing sugar and beat again
- Add the vanilla, salt and colouring
- Spread and fluff over the bars and decorate with the sprinkles
Notes
- These bars will last 4-5 days at room temperature
- These will freeze for 3+| months
- You can flavour the sugar cookie bars with any flavouring you prefer - lemon is delicious
- You can flavour the frosting as well really easily
- I use this traybake tin for this recipe
- I used this pink food colouring