Christmas Sugar Cookies
Christmas Sugar Cookies with an easy sugar cookie dough and no chill time. Try these soft chewy cookies with colorful sanding sugars today!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened, unsalted
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup sanding sugar red
- 1/4 cup sanding sugar green
- 1/4 cup sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add in the egg and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture on the lowest speed setting until just combined.
- Add a heaping teaspoon of rolled cookie dough per cookie to the sheet.
- Add the sanding sugar to small bowls individually.
- Using a glass dipped in sugar, press down on the cookie dough balls slightly.
- Coat each cookie dough ball in one of the bowls of sugar.
- Bake for 8 minutes for soft cookies or 10 minutes for crunchy cookies.
- Let cool 5 minutes before removing from the baking sheet.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 196
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 196kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 30g | 10% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 28mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 59mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 21mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.4g | 2% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 248IU | 5% |
| Calcium | 11mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.