This Christmas sugar cookies recipe has a light texture, tastes great, & rolls out beautifully. Gather your little helpers to decorate these classic treats!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas Sugar Cookies, Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe, How Do I Make Christmas Sugar Cookies, How To Make Christmas Sugar Cookies
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 8 minutesminutes
Cooling Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 33 minutesminutes
Servings 48cookies
Calories 149kcal
Author Kathleen
Ingredients
Cookies:
5cupsall-purpose flour
2teaspoonsbaking powder
1teaspoon salt
1 1/2cupsunsalted butter,softened
2 cupsgranulated sugar
4largeeggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
Icing:
1 cupsconfectioners' sugar
1tablespoonlight corn syrup
3-4tablespoons whole milk
food coloring,as needed
Decorations:
colored sugar, jimmies, sprinkles
Instructions
Cookies:
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, using a handheld electric mixer on medium speed, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Stir in vanilla.
Gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture and beat just until combined. Shape dough into a disk and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate a minimum of 1 hour up to overnight.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Roll dough out on a floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut into desired shapes. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets 1 inch apart and bake in preheated oven 6-8 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheets then remove to a wire rack and cool completely.
Icing:
In a mixing bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, and 2 tablespoons of milk until smooth. Add more milk, a little at a time to thin icing to a pourable consistency. If desired, divide icing into smaller bowls and tint with food coloring.
Decorating:
Set completely cooled cookies on a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet. Slowly spoon/poor icing over cookies. Decorate with colored sugar, jimmies, sprinkles. Let icing set completely before serving or storing.