Grinch Sugar Cookie Bars
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Grinch Sugar Cookie Bars
Description
These sugar cookie bars are made by creaming softened butter and granulated sugar until fluffy, then adding eggs and vanilla before mixing in dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt. Green jimmie sprinkles are folded into the dough for a festive touch. The dough is pressed into a parchment-lined 9x13-inch pan and baked until just golden on top.
The baked bars provide a soft crumb with a slightly crisp edge, while the additional frosting, made of butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, milk, and green gel food coloring, is whipped to a creamy consistency and spread over the cooled bars for extra moistness and sweetness. The combination balances the buttery base with a delicate vanilla flavor in the frosting.
These bars are suitable for serving at holiday parties or as an easy festive dessert, where their vibrant green theme recalls the Grinch character from popular culture. They can be sliced into squares and enjoyed as a shareable treat.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 4 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt fine sea salt
- 1 cup butter softened, unsalted
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 egg large
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup jimmie sprinkles green
Frosting Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened, unsalted
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- pinch sea salt fine
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tablespoons milk whole
- Green Gel Food Coloring
- yellow gel food coloring
- red gel food coloring
Instructions
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper or foil and spray with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
- In a separate bowl with an electric hand mixer, cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy, 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs one at a time, letting the first egg mix all the way in before adding the next.
- Add the vanilla and mix it in until combined.
- Add the flour mixture and stir it in until combined, scrape down the sides, and mix it in a few more times until fully mixed in.
- Add the sprinkles and stir them in.
- Press the cookie dough into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 25-28 minutes until lightly golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Place on a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the bars cool, make the frosting by placing the butter into a large bowl.
- With an electric hand mixer, add in the powdered sugar a little at a time until fully mixed.
- Add the salt, vanilla, and milk, stir it in until combined then place the mixer on medium-high speed and whip for 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Place about ½ cup of the frosting in a small bowl. Color the larger amount of frosting with the green and yellow food coloring until it reaches your desired color. Add red food coloring to the smaller bowl of frosting.
- Once the cookie is cool, take it out of the baking dish and frost the top with the green frosting.
- Place the red frosting into a piping bag fitted with a number 12 round tip.
- Add the hearts and serve.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 15Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 465 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 465kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 68g | 23% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 82mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 56mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 87mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 40g | 80% |
| Vitamin A | 618IU | 12% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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