Riana | Food & kitchen finds on Instagram: "The softest Christmas sugar cookie bars made in a smaller (9x9) pan🎄❤️ The secret ingredient: cream cheese 🫢 Full recipe below 👇 For the cookie bars: 1 stick butter, softened 2 oz cream cheese, softened 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour (spoon into the measuring cup and level off, don’t pack the flour) 1 tsp baking powder For the frosting: 1 stick butter, softened 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 + 1/2 cups powdered sugar Preheat oven to 3

Dan Langan on Instagram: "Say goodbye to grainy powdered sugar buttercream...The simple trick is to pre-dissolve the sugar before whipping it into the butter! Silky Smooth Buttercream Enough to frost an 8” or 9” layer cake 3 cups (360 grams) powdered sugar ⅓ cup boiling water 4 sticks (454 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature ⅛ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon vanilla ¼ cup (65 grams) heavy cream Add the confectioners sugar and boiling water to a bowl or large measuring cup and stir with a whisk unt