These Birthday Sugar Cookie Bars will put a smile on anyone celebrating their special day, but they are for more than just birthdays! These soft, buttery sugar cookie bars are topped with creamy vanilla buttercream and colorful sprinkles.They capture all the classic flavors of your favorite sugar cookies in a simple, easy-to-slice bar.Perfect for birthdays, parties, or any time you want a sweet treat! And, you can customize the color of the sprinkles (and buttercream) to match your celebration! Want to save this recipe?Just enter your email and get it sent to your inbox! Plus you’ll get new recipes from us every week!Email *Save Recipe Ingredients & Substitutions Bars: The bars use my dough from the best sugar cookies (my ugly sweater sugar cookies) recipe, which you will want to make, too! Eggs: You will need four eggs for this recipe — two whole eggs and two egg yolks.

Using both eggs and egg yolks adds richness and moisture to the bars.The extra yolks make the texture softer, more tender, and extra buttery.Don’t get rid of the egg whites! Save them to use in another recipe like Fried Ice Cream! Extract: This recipe uses both vanilla and almond extract for extra flavor, but you can use just vanilla if you don’t have almond extract on hand.

The bars will still be delicious, just with a more classic sugar cookie taste.Butter: Unsalted butter is used in both the bars and the frosting.(If you’re using salted butter, you may want to use

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