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When you hear the words “Sugar Cookies” do you get a little overwhelmed? Do you feel a little whoozie thinking of an all day project in the kitchen?
You know how a sugar cookie project goes. You can see it in your minds eye…. flour and dough flying everywhere with candy sprinkles and frosting stuck from here to Timbuktu. If you have the patience of a mighty she-ra and want to participate in that kind of activity (I have to admit, I do love a good sugar cookie project! Twice a year does me up just fine) you can click here to find my fabulous sugar cookie recipe. If you are in the mood to save your patience for filling Easter eggs, and shopping for cute Easter dresses then I have the recipe for you ladies and gents! These Sugar Cookie Bars will have you whistling Dixie in no time. Your kids will love them just as much as the cut out kind…and you will have your sanity intact and ready to take on the world. That is something to be grateful for.
As a fun decorative option, you could pipe a bit of white frosting onto the bars. Just take about 1/4 of the frosting out of the mixer before you add the food coloring. Put the white frosting into to sandwich sized zip loc bag. Carefully snip the tip and pipe some fun decorations onto the bars.
I made these for a Memorial Day picnic and they were a BIG hit. They were easy to make, looked super cute and most importantly…tasted AWESOME! Thanks for the recipe!
I just found your site today and I love it! This recipe looks so good. I have a great sugar cookie recipe, but like you said, it is a lot of work. Can I omit the almond extract? It's not my favorite taste. 🙂
Hey Jamie, I'm in the process of making these bars and I'm wondering if I did something wrong. The dough isn't really dough-ish. It's more like cake batter. Is that how it is supposed to be? Is it really only 2 1/2 cups of flour? My dough is more like batter. It's really hard to get onto the pan. Is that normal? Help 🙂
Oj bara tve5 e5r, de5 har du hunnit le4ra dej en himla massa pe5 den tiden! Kf6pte du en massa gerejr de5 & bf6rjade med te5rtdekorering direkt? 🙂 Har du ge5tt ne5gon kurs? finns se5 me5nga som verkar bra i sthlm men dyra 😉 Jag har bara he5llit pe5 och bakat sen jag startade bloggen i januari, men jag ska f6va & f6va ne4r tid finns. Nu sen skolan bf6rjar har jag mest bara bakat de4r och sen vid ledig tid orkar jag inte gf6ra ne5 komplicerat tre5kigt nog.. men snart e4r ju skolan slut & efter det he4r lovet e4r det ju inte le5ngt till jul heller & jag e4lskar julen!! :)Jag ff6rte5r helt och he5llet din flortisdrf6m ockse5! Jag har sje4lv kollat oliak floristutbildningar innan jag sf6kte till konditor! Vore ju underbart att fe5 vara kreativ pe5 jobbet 🙂 Nej jag har inte hf6rt ne5got fre5n Frasse e4n, han sa ne5got om att skolan skulle ringa runt om praktiplatser v45. Snacka om seg skola, alla bra platser e4r ju bortlovade ff6r le4nge sen!Hur ska du gf6ra om du inte fe5r vara de4r? eller om du fe5r vara halva tiden har du ne5gon ide9 om var du vill sf6ka de5? Tycker det e4r sve5rt med praktiken jag ke4nner som inte till ne5 ste4llen i sthlm!Kram
Allison, Hey I just got you comment, and see that you left it several hours ago. You are most likely finished with your project! The should be somewhere between cake batter and cookie dough. I usually spray the back of a wooden spoon with cooking spray and press the dough all over the pan with it. I hope this helps! Let me know how it turned out. Thanks, ~Jamie
So I made the first batch and it was good but really dense. I made another batch tonight and it was way different. Much more like cookie dough (what I expected it to be like) than the first. And much better! I think I missed one cup of flour in the first batch! Sheesh. Thanks for your recipe, I love it!
Allison
PS I used neufchatel cheese instead of cream cheese in the second batch and it was just as good.
I made these tonight and they are delicious! My frosting turned out a weird color but I don't care, they were great! (I mixed some blue & red trying to make purple, & it was more a weird mauve).
Silly question…do these need to be refrigerated afterwards since there's cream cheese in the frosting? I want to make some for my daughter's teachers. Thanks!
Rhondi, Your daughter's teachers will love them! This is a great recipe…never heard of a person who didn't love it. I haven't ever put mine in the fridge. You could just to be safe, but my guess is you'll be alright with them on the counter overnight. Just be sure to cover them with plastic wrap. Have a good day! ~Jamie
I made these for a Memorial Day picnic and they were a BIG hit. They were easy to make, looked super cute and most importantly…tasted AWESOME! Thanks for the recipe!
Love that last picture! Alli brought these to a neighborhood party last week and I fell in love! I posted a link: https://ificould-ificould.blogspot.com/2010/06/sugar-cookie-bars.html
Thanks!
I just found your site today and I love it! This recipe looks so good. I have a great sugar cookie recipe, but like you said, it is a lot of work. Can I omit the almond extract? It's not my favorite taste. 🙂
Allison,
I would think you could omit the almond extract, and replace it with vanilla. Good luck. Let me know how they turn out!
~Jamie
Hey Jamie, I'm in the process of making these bars and I'm wondering if I did something wrong. The dough isn't really dough-ish. It's more like cake batter. Is that how it is supposed to be? Is it really only 2 1/2 cups of flour? My dough is more like batter. It's really hard to get onto the pan. Is that normal? Help 🙂
Oj bara tve5 e5r, de5 har du hunnit le4ra dej en himla massa pe5 den tiden! Kf6pte du en massa gerejr de5 & bf6rjade med te5rtdekorering direkt? 🙂 Har du ge5tt ne5gon kurs? finns se5 me5nga som verkar bra i sthlm men dyra 😉 Jag har bara he5llit pe5 och bakat sen jag startade bloggen i januari, men jag ska f6va & f6va ne4r tid finns. Nu sen skolan bf6rjar har jag mest bara bakat de4r och sen vid ledig tid orkar jag inte gf6ra ne5 komplicerat tre5kigt nog.. men snart e4r ju skolan slut & efter det he4r lovet e4r det ju inte le5ngt till jul heller & jag e4lskar julen!! :)Jag ff6rte5r helt och he5llet din flortisdrf6m ockse5! Jag har sje4lv kollat oliak floristutbildningar innan jag sf6kte till konditor! Vore ju underbart att fe5 vara kreativ pe5 jobbet 🙂 Nej jag har inte hf6rt ne5got fre5n Frasse e4n, han sa ne5got om att skolan skulle ringa runt om praktiplatser v45. Snacka om seg skola, alla bra platser e4r ju bortlovade ff6r le4nge sen!Hur ska du gf6ra om du inte fe5r vara de4r? eller om du fe5r vara halva tiden har du ne5gon ide9 om var du vill sf6ka de5? Tycker det e4r sve5rt med praktiken jag ke4nner som inte till ne5 ste4llen i sthlm!Kram
Allison,
Hey I just got you comment, and see that you left it several hours ago. You are most likely finished with your project! The should be somewhere between cake batter and cookie dough. I usually spray the back of a wooden spoon with cooking spray and press the dough all over the pan with it. I hope this helps! Let me know how it turned out.
Thanks,
~Jamie
Hi Jamie,
So I made the first batch and it was good but really dense. I made another batch tonight and it was way different. Much more like cookie dough (what I expected it to be like) than the first. And much better! I think I missed one cup of flour in the first batch! Sheesh. Thanks for your recipe, I love it!
Allison
PS I used neufchatel cheese instead of cream cheese in the second batch and it was just as good.
I made these tonight and they are delicious! My frosting turned out a weird color but I don't care, they were great! (I mixed some blue & red trying to make purple, & it was more a weird mauve).
Silly question…do these need to be refrigerated afterwards since there's cream cheese in the frosting? I want to make some for my daughter's teachers. Thanks!
Rhondi,
Your daughter's teachers will love them! This is a great recipe…never heard of a person who didn't love it. I haven't ever put mine in the fridge. You could just to be safe, but my guess is you'll be alright with them on the counter overnight. Just be sure to cover them with plastic wrap. Have a good day!
~Jamie