Frosted Amaretto Sugar Cookies

Since I love an amaretto liqueur, I was a little restless last night so decided to get crafty with some plain sugar cookies. I took a basic sugar cookie recipe as follows:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 stick unsalted butter (at room temp)
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Rather than the milk, I used about 3 tbsp of Disaronno to add an almond kick.
Mix salt, flour and baking powder in one bowl. In another bowl, whip the butter and sugar until fluffy. Then add the egg, vanilla and Disaronno. Slowly add the dry mix to the butter/sugar mixture until combined. Roll into balls and bake for about 10 minutes until golden, do not overcook. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.
Frosting (I eyeballed it and kind of used what I had in the fridge):
About 1 and 1/2 cups of confectioners sugar
1/2 stick of butter
teaspoon of vanilla
2 tbsp Disaronno
2 tbsp of cream cheese
2 tbsp of cake flour to help with consistency (only if you need it)
3 drops of blue food coloring (for color)
Beat this combo for about 2 minutes and then spread on the cookies once they cool!

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