Copycat Cheryl & Co. Buttery Sugar Cookies

These tasty little cookies melt in your mouth. They taste just like he Cheryl & Co. sugar cutouts, however these are made with a cookie press (much easier!!). So good!!

• Ready In: 16 mins
• Serves: 2-3
• Yields: 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine, softened
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• FROSTING

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
• 3 -4  cups confectioners' sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄3 cup milk
•  desired  food coloring

Directions

1. In mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
2. Put dough into cookie press with desired plate; form cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until set, not brown (this part is important! DO NOT OVER COOK!). Cool on wire racks.
3. Beat together butter, vanilla and 2 cups powdered sugar in mixing bowl. Add milk. Continue adding sugar in 1/2 cup increments until desired consistency is reached. Add food coloring to all or a portion of frosting and frost cookies. Enjoy!