Spring Sugar Cookie Bars
Spring Sugar Cookie Bars are made of a sugar cookie crust and topped with a sweet spring-colored buttercream frosting and tons of spring-like sprinkles!
Servings: 24
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Ingredients
For the Sugar Cookie Bars:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
For the Frosting:
- 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 lb. powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2-4 drops pink food coloring
- Egg Hunt SprinklePop sprinkle mix
Instructions
For the Bars:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients until a coarse crumb mixture forms.
- Press the mixture into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool completely on a wire rack.
For the Frosting:
- Combine butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on medium speed until combined. Add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, until fully combined.
- Add in the milk, vanilla and salt and mix until combined. Check the consistency of the frosting to make sure it's not too runny. If it is, add ½ cup more powdered sugar.
- Add in a few drops of food coloring reach your desired color.
To Assemble:
- Use the parchment to lift the sugar cookie base from the pan.
- Spread the frosting mixture from edge to edge.
- Sprinkle Egg Hunt Sprinkles on top.
- Cut into 24 bars.