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Christmas Sugar Cookies

These classic Christmas sugar cookies are a blast to make with kids, taste delicious, and make for a beautiful plate of cookies at Holiday parties, to leave out for Santa, or simply to enjoy!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 18
Calories: 440 kcal
Course: Dessert , Baked Goods
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Cookies
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 2 ¼-2 ½ cups Flour + more for rolling out dough
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
Icing
  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • 8-12 tablespoons milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Food dye colors of your choice, but green, red, black, yellow, and blue are great choices

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350? and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  2.  Cream together the butter and sugar, then stir in the vanilla and milk.
  3.  Add 2 cups of flour, the cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Stir until it turns into a dough. If sticky or too soft, add more flour, ¼ cup at a time.
  4. Flour a clean surface, or large cutting board, and roll out the dough to under a ¼ inch thick.
  5.  Use your cookie cutters and cut out shapes from the dough and place on the lined cookie sheets until full. There does not need to be much room around each cookie, but they also should not be touching.
  6. Bake the cookies for 7 to 10 minutes. The thinner you made the dough, the less time they will take. Be sure to remove them before the tops start to turn golden. You will need to bake these cookies in batches.
  7. While the cookies are baking, make the icing by mixing together all of the ingredients, except the food dye, separating the icing into the number of colors you want into separate bowls, adding the food dye and stirring well. Then place each color in separate piping bags or plastic bags, snipping the corner of the plastic bags after being filled.
  8. Once the first batch of cookies are cool and the icing is made, decorate as you please before eating!

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 440kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 85g (28%) Protein 5g (10%) Fat 9g (14%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Polyunsaturated Fat 4g Cholesterol 15mg (5%) Sodium 187mg (8%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 48g (96%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 18Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 440

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 440kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 85g 28%
Protein 5g 10%
Fat 9g 14%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g 24%
Cholesterol 15mg 5%
Sodium 187mg 8%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 48g 96%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.