Yesterday the kids and I spent part of the day baking and decorating Christmas sugar cookies. We’ve been doing this every year since they were little. Those cookies are so much fun to make and even more fun to decorate.
This recipe is super easy to make and the cookies are delicious. My kids favourite!
Ingredients
3/4 cup of unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup of granulated sugar
1 whole egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of almond extract (optional)
2 cups of all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
With an electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugar, occasionally scraping down side of bowl, until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Beat in the egg and egg yolk, then the vanilla and almond extract. In another bowl, stir flower with baking powder and salt, then pour into the butter mixture. Stir in flour mixture until just mixed.
Divide dough into 2 portions. Shape each into a ball, then flatten into a disc. Working with 1 disc at a time, place between 2 sheets of parchment or plastic wrap, Roll dough to 1/4″ thickness. Refrigerate both disc until firm, about 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 325 F. Remove dough from fridge. Cut out shapes and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Save scraps and re-roll. Bake in centre of oven, 1 sheet at a time, until cookies are lightly golden around the edges, 8 minutes.
Makes about 3 dozens.
Icing
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
3 tablespoons of water
Food coloring (optional)
Enjoy!
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Christmas is the time, more than any other in the year than perhaps Ash Wednesday, for home cooking. The more people who keep that flame alight the better – thanks for this 🙂
Your absolutely right! Hope my kids will do the same with their kids and so on!
Thanks for the recipe! My SIL does the cutest decorated sugar cookies every Christmas, but I thought they MUST be more difficult! That icing recipe is so simple. Making these for the holiday! Thanks!
I have to be honest I have no patience to decorate cookies, I do it for the kids. I love sugar cookies though but I prefer them with no icing!
We’re starting on our Christmas baking also. Haven’t gotten to the sugar cookies yet, but will soon!
Love this time of year! It’s pretty much the only time I bake LOL
I was just thinking how I can’t wait to start cookie decorating with my girls. I always love doing that this time of year! Your cookies turned out so festive!
What a great way to spend time with family!
This is such a great idea for spending time with the kids during the holidays. I plan on making some cookies with my boys too.
I am planning on baking some cookies and some homemade gifts with my kids. I guess I am more excited than they are. LOL
These are so cute! They really came out great! Thanks for the recipe too. I’ve made cookies from a bag, but never from scratch.
This is one of our favorite traditions during the holidays. Even the big kids get into it. 🙂
We have a “Cookie Day” tradition in our family and sugar cookies are always involved! Yours look MUCH better than ours, we tend to overdo the sprinkles.
These look so yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
This is a favorite tradition for my family. We make cookies like these every year, and they always remember the fun!
Love making sugar cookies & decorating them! Such a fun tradition that my children have enjoyed over the years.
Yours look awesome!
Have a Merry Christmas 🙂