Sugar cookie bars are such a fun and easy way to enjoy sugar cookies, but without all the struggle of having to roll sugar cookies out! These sugar cookie bars are made with a delicious soft, chewy and buttery sugar cookie based, topped with a layer of fluffy and silky smooth buttercream frosting and Christmas sprinkles. Every bite is truly flavourful!

Ingredients For Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars

Unsalted Butter
Granulated sugar
Egg
Vanilla Extract
Almond Extract: Almond extract will elevate the flavors of the sugar cookie bars. It’s completely optional, but it’s highly recommended.
All Purpose Flour
Baking soda: & Baking powder
Salt
Heavy cream: The heavy cream is used for the buttercream frosting.

Can I Make The Bars into Cookies?

Of course! If you don’t want to make them into bars, this recipe works great and taste delicious for making sugar cookies! You can customize the sugar cookies completely up to you, by adding sprinkles to the batter or even filling the cookies with your favorite spread. Either way, they will taste amazing.

Serving size

Around 16 sugar cookie bars

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract (optional)
2 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Frosting

3/4 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp heavy cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt

Topping

Festive sprinkles

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F (177C). Line a 8x8 square baking pan with parchment paper on all sides and set aside.

Step 2

With a whisk, beat butter, and granulated sugar together until fluffy and mixture turns an off-white colour (about 2 minutes). Add the egg, and vanilla extract and mix until a smooth consistency.

Step 3

Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix until a soft dough forms. Place the dough and spread it out evenly into the prepared baking pan.

Step 4

Bake the bars for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the edges have turned a golden brown colour, but the center is still gooey.

Step 5

For the frosting, start off by beating the butter on medium-high until the mixture turns off-white while scraping down the sides of the bowl (about 5 minutes). Then slowly add the powdered sugar until incorporated, mixing on low, increasing the speed to high. Add heavy cream, vanilla and salt. Whip the mixture until fluffy.

Step 6

Once the bars have completely cooled, use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon to evenly spread the frosting onto the cooled bars, top with festive holiday sprinkles then cut into 16 bars. Enjoy!

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars