Lofthouse Sugar Cookie Bars made with Vanilla Yogurt

Soft, chewy Lofthouse sugar cookies with a delicious buttercream!

A lofthouse sugar cookie is one of my favorite cookies!  The chewy, soft sugar cookie and rich buttercream frosting go together perfectly.  Today I decided to make the cookies into a bar and swap out the sour cream for vanilla yogurt.  The vanilla yogurt gave it a more intense vanilla flavor which we loved.  We will continue to make them with vanilla yogurt instead of sour cream from now on.  Plus making them into bars was a real time saver and oh so easy.  I colored my frosting purple since Easter is coming up, however any color will look pretty!

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Ingredients are as follows:

Whip in the egg and egg white; mix until fluffy.

Stir in the vanilla yogurt and vanilla extract.

Fold in by hand, the flour, baking powder, and salt; mix until combined.

With damp hands, press the dough into the greased pan.

Bake 23-25 minutes; until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.  Set aside to cool.

Cream the frosting ingredients (butter, powdered sugar, cream, vanilla & salt) together.  Start with ¼C cream and if you’d like the frosting creamier, add more until desired consistency (I used almost a ½ C).

You can mix in some food coloring if you’d like.  Frost the bars once they’re completely cooled.

Slice, serve and enjoy!