Lofthouse-Like Sugar Cookies

I have been searching for a sugar cookie recipe like the soft, melt in your mouth, Lofthouse cookies that all the grocery store chains seem to sell. I also had a friend's mom in college that made these same cookies. They were so yummy, but I never got the recipe from her!

I finally found one that I think tastes pretty good - and is fairly easy to make too!

Lofthouse-Like Cookie Recipe
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Cream butter and sugar until lifth and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients onto a piece of wax paper (a bowl works too), and add alternately with the cream to the butter-egg mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.

Drop by tablespoon-fulls onto parchment lined baking sheets and flatten slightly. Bake in 350 degree oven for approximately 10 minutes.

Frosting:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream or milk

Cream everything together until light and fluffy
Frost cooled cookies and enjoy!