Best Christmas Sugar Cookies Or Anytime Recipes

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CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES



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This is my all-time favorite Christmas sugar cookie recipe. The addition of sour cream makes them extra moist. To dress them up, I drizzle or dip the cookies in tinted white chocolate, then sprinkle them with crushed candy canes. —Lisa MacLean, Winslow, Arizona

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 30m

Yield about 8 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
1/8 teaspoon salt
White candy coating
Green paste food coloring

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in the sour cream, honey and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and chill for 2 hours or until easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 325° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt white coating; stir until smooth. Stir in food coloring; drizzle over cookies.

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EASY CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES



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If you need a foolproof and easy sugar cookie recipe, you've come to the right place! This recipe starts with Betty's sugar cookie mix and ends with beautifully decorated Christmas cookies. Grab your baking helpers because little hands can totally get in on the fun when baking up a batch of these sweet treats. There's no limit on what fun-shaped cookies you can make-candy canes, snowmen, ornaments, trees, stockings, snowflakes and so much more. Plus, your little kitchen-helpers will have a blast decorating these extra-easy Christmas Sugar Cookies!

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
3 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 egg
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy creamy white or Whipped fluffy white frosting
Betty Crocker™ decorating icing (assorted colors), if desired
Betty Crocker™ decorating sprinkles and sugars (assorted colors), if desired

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, melted butter and egg until soft dough forms.
  • On floured surface, roll dough to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with about 2 1/2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts 1 inch apart.
  • Bake 6 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  • Spread frosting on cooled cookies. Decorate as desired with icing, sprinkles and sugars. Store cookies in tightly covered container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 200, Carbohydrate 30 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, ServingSize 1 Frosted Cookie (Undecorated), Sodium 130 mg, Sugar 21 g, TransFat 0 g

CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIE CUTOUTS



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If your Christmas season gets so hectic that you only have time to bake one batch of cookies, we suggest that this be the one you make. This is the kind of sugar cookie that generations of bakers have relied on, with a buttery texture and just-right tenderness. The accompanying glaze requires just three ingredients and is a standby that you can just as easily rely on when you need a glaze on other cookie varieties. It sets up nicely and is ideal for decorating, tinting well and spreading easily. The process of making sugar cookie cutouts is as essential to the holidays as opening gifts and singing Christmas songs, and if you can clear some time out on your schedule, it's a relaxing activity, too. Pull out all your favorite cookie cutters, whether they're classic hearts and stars or cute winter characters like reindeer and penguins, and bake up a batch-this recipe yields 60 cookies. When it's time to decorate, you have a blank canvas to indulge your style and creativity. Some bakers like to go all in on color and whimsy, while others prefer more simple and elegant finishing flourishes-it's all up to you. What we can promise is that no matter what shapes you cut them into or how you decorate them, you'll end up with cookies that are as delicious as they are beautiful.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 4h10m

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Betty Crocker™ Decor Selects candy sprinkles, nonpareils or colored sugars, if desired
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk or half-and-half

Steps:

  • In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, almond extract and egg until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
  • Heat oven to 375°F. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured surface, roll each half of dough 3/16 inch thick. Cut into assorted shapes with cookie cutters, or cut around patterns traced from storybook illustrations. If cookies are to be hung as decorations, make a hole in each 1/4 inch from top with end of plastic straw. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • In medium bowl, beat all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Frost and decorate cookies as desired with frosting and colored sugars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 65, Carbohydrate 9 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 40 mg

CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES--OR ANYTIME



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I had made sugar cookies for more years than I want to count and never changed the recipe. But then one day, a lady at our church made this recipe for the kids at the Christmas program. My husband tasted them and told me to get the recipe. I rebelled at changing, but to please him, I tried them. Now, these are all I ever make. They are wonderful. I do use Crisco (shame on me because of the type of fat.) The lady said she had tried, and I did too, butter, and also half butter and half Crisco, but they didn't come out the same, but with the Crisco they are yummy.

Provided by Mimi in Maine

Categories     Dessert

Time 21m

Yield 8 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup shortening (I used Crisco)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

  • Mix the shortening, sugar, vanilla, and eggs till light and fluffy.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients.
  • Chill 3-4 hours or overnight (I do mine overnight).
  • On a well-floured surface, roll thin.
  • Cut in shapes.
  • Place on ungreased baking sheet.
  • Sprinkle sugar on top of them.
  • Bake 350-375 degrees (depending on oven) for 6-8 minutes depending on your thickness.
  • Cool on a rack.
  • You may also decorate them with and icing; there are a couple of good ones on Zaar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 601, Fat 27.9, SaturatedFat 7.1, Cholesterol 69.8, Sodium 476.5, Carbohydrate 79.9, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 37.7, Protein 8

CHRISTMAS CUTOUT SUGAR COOKIES



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 24 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Colored Icing, recipe follows
1/2 cup confectioners¿ sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons water
3 to 4 drops food coloring, plus more as needed
Colored sprinkles, optional

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a bowl, stir together flour and baking powder. In another bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy and light. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture, a third at a time to make a stiff dough. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll out a portion of cookie dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters. Place on lightly greased or nonstick cookie sheets. Bake until lightly golden, about 10 minute, rotating baking sheet halfway through cooking time. Cool completely on pans about 5 minutes, transfer to cooling racks and cool completely before decorating.
  • In a small bowl, mix sugar and water to form a thick, smooth icing. Stir in food coloring to reach desired shade. Drop icing onto cookies using a small teaspoon and smooth with the back of the spoon. Make additional bowls for additional colors.
  • Additional multi-colored sprinkles can be added on top of icing before it dries for more decorative cookies, if desired.

SOFT CHRISTMAS COOKIES



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Soft cut out sugar cookie that I have used for years. I sprinkle with colored sugar before baking or you could also try icing them when cool.

Provided by Georgie Bowers

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Sugar Cookies

Time 3h

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 7

3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup margarine, softened
1 ½ cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients until fully absorbed. Cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. On a clean floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
  • Bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 96.7 calories, Carbohydrate 13.8 g, Cholesterol 7.8 mg, Fat 4 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 81.3 mg, Sugar 6.4 g

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