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The Best Christmas Sugar Cookies

December 21, 2015 by Bekah 4 Comments

The Best Christmas Sugar CookiesMerry Christmas!! Today I am sharing my FAVORITE sugar cookie recipe EVER! It’s good for Christmas cookies and really any time of the year cookies. I have this huge box of cookie cutters for every season that my grandma got us. It’s so much fun to make all the shapes! My sisters and I had a BLAST decorating these cookies, but we did it late at night so I couldn’t take any pictures until the morning. Which is why they look a little squished. πŸ˜‰
The Best Christmas Sugar Cookies | www.willbakeforbooks.comSo, my sisters and I aren’t exactly the greatest at decorating cookies (hehe) but we did the best we could and had a lot of fun while we were at it! πŸ˜‰ All the pretty ones you see were probably made by my sister Serena, though if my other two sisters saw that I said this they would most definitely disagree. Haha! Isn’t the angry gingerbread man super cute?! My mom took the picture below. ↓The Best Christmas Sugar Cookies | www.willbakeforbooks.comAnyways, hope ya’ll are having a super great Christmas week with lots of love and goodies. πŸ™‚ What are some of your pre-Christmas plans?

The Best Christmas Sugar Cookies
 
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The BEST sugar cookies for Christmas and every season! Must try with the sugar cookie frosting.
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • SUGAR COOKIES:
  • 1½ cups (3 sticks) salted butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • COOKIE FROSTING:
  • 3¾ cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
  • 4-5 tbsp. milk
  • 1½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • Food coloring, optional
Instructions
  1. Cream together butter and sugars until very smooth, at least 2 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour and baking powder. Separate into four section and chill the dough in the fridge overnight preferably (or at least 4 hours).
  2. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out between two pieces of parchment paper or on a surface sprinkled with a flour and powdered sugar mix. Cut into shapes with a cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on a prepared cookie sheet and bake for 6-8 minutes.
  3. While cookies are baking, prepare your frosting. Cream butter and sugar until very smooth. Once creamy, gradually add milk and vanilla until smooth. Add food coloring if desired.
  4. Wait until cookies are completely cooled, then frost and add whatever candy or sprinkle you'd like! Enjoy!
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Recipe adapted from allrecipes.com.

Have a wonderful Monday and Merry Christmas! Thanks for stopping by my blog.Β β™₯


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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    December 28, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    Wow! I think you both did a marvelous job at decorating the cookies! They look great! πŸ˜‰

    Reply
    • Bekah says

      December 30, 2015 at 12:18 am

      Haha, thanks! I’ll have to tell my sisters you said so. πŸ˜‰ Thanks a bunch for stopping by my blog.

      Reply
  2. Sally green says

    December 9, 2018 at 12:42 pm

    What is best sugar cookie recipe to be used in a pastry gun

    Reply
    • Bekah says

      December 9, 2018 at 12:59 pm

      Hi Sally! Well, I haven’t done any recipe developing on spritz cookies but I’ve used the Pampered Chef one several times and it’s good! This is the one I use: https://www.pamperedchef.com/recipe/Desserts/Bake+to+Gift/Classic+Spritz+Cookies/87807

      Thanks for stopping by my blog. Happy baking!

      Reply

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