4th of July Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (16)

• For the sugar cookies:
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup salted butter softened
• 1/4 cup butter flavored shortening softened
• 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 whole egg plus 1 egg white
• For the frosting:
• 1 cup salted butter softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon clear imitation vanilla or vanilla extract
• 4 to 5 tablespoons heavy cream
• red white and blue sprinkles we used blue nonpareils, red sanding sugar, and a red/white/blue/star sprinkle mix