Christmas will be here soon and I’ll show you how to make the best Christmas Sugar Cookies.
After making cookies many times I found a full proof on how to make the sugar cookies the easy way. No need to put the dough to the fridge for half an hour. I don’t really like working with hard dough straight from the fridge. It is crumbly and breaks easily. To make cookies it is hard to manage this kind of dough. Also, there is no need to use cold butter.
The dough that I made for these Christmas sugar cookies is like play-doh:) It is so easy to work with. The ingredients combine very well easily and instantly. The best cookie dough you’ll ever try. The Christmas sugar cookies came out great! Crunchy, sweet and buttery.
- First, you’ll make the dough by combining few ingredients that you probably have on hand.
- Then, you cut out the shapes (Christmas tree, snowman, stars, snowflakes etc.)
- Decorate with white or dark chocolate.
- Decorate with colorful sprinkles.
Imagine how much fun it is! My children had a blast. They love decorating Christmas sugar cookies. I keep this as our tradition. So every year, I bake cookies and they decorate.
Also, our cookies are not so sweet. I don’t use a lot of sugar in the dough. Simply because the frosting will be sweet enough. If you prefer sweeter dough, just add more confectioner’s sugar.
We decorated our cookies with white chocolate and dark chocolate. We also, used sprinkles and pomegranate arils. Every cookie looked different. The tutorial on how to make the best Christmas sugar cookies is very easy. And all the steps are below. I hope you’ll love them as much as we do!
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How to Make the Best Christmas Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 egg
Extras
- White Chocolate
- Dark Chocolate
- Sprinkles
- Flour for dusting
Instructions
Cookie Dough
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl combine flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl mix butter and sugar with electric mixer until all will become smooth.
- Add egg and vanilla extract. Beat until all ingredients will combine.
- Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients.
- Mix with mixer, then knead the dough by hand.
- Divide the dough into 2 sections. Flour the surface and roll one dough until about 1/4 thick. It depends also how thick you prefer your cookies. Cut the cookies with cookie cutter. Make the same with section 2. Work on the dough until you cutout all cookies.
- Lay nicely on parchment paper. Bake for 6 - 10 minutes. Start checking after 6 minutes so they will not burn out.
- Cool off cookies completely before decorating.
Decoration
- Melt white and dark chocolate separately using the double boiler method (fill lower pan with water, bring water to simmer, take off from heat, put chocolate chips in top pan and stir).
- Decorate your cookies with chocolate and sprinkles.
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial on How to make The best Christmas Sugar Cookies.
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Alanna @ One Tough Cookie
December 11, 2015 at 10:05 AMSuch sweet looking cookies! And I love that the dough doesn’t have to be refrigerated beforehand. Thanks for sharing!
Ilona
December 11, 2015 at 10:26 AMThank you so much Alanna!
Candice | everybody loves pretty
December 11, 2015 at 10:48 AMPlay-dough like cookie dough – sigh me up!! I agree that waiting for your dough to cool in the fridge only to have it crack is a total bummer!!! I will have to try this recipe next time I make sugar cookies
Ilona
December 11, 2015 at 11:22 AMThanks Candice! I hope you’ll like them:)
watchlearneat
December 11, 2015 at 11:33 AMThese cookies look delicious! I really love your designs! 🙂 So pretty!
Ilona
December 11, 2015 at 12:39 PMThank you!
Rocky Mountain Mrs.
December 11, 2015 at 12:31 PMMy husband is going to so happy I came across this recipe! They look delicious!
Ilona
December 11, 2015 at 12:39 PMThank you so much!
Jenny
December 11, 2015 at 3:06 PMI just love those mittens! And the recipe looks great as well!
Sarah | (Cooking for) Kiwi & Bean
December 11, 2015 at 4:20 PMA classic Christmas treat! I clearly remember baking and decorating sugar cookies when I was a kid. Such a fun activity.
Ilona
December 11, 2015 at 5:05 PMI agree Sarah:) Thank you!
Amanda | The Cinnamon Scrolls
December 11, 2015 at 10:57 PMSugar cookies are awesome around Christmas time! I loved helping my mom and grandmother decorate them! These cookies look superb, Ilona! 🙂
Ilona
December 13, 2015 at 10:32 AMIt’s so fun to decorate cookies:) Thank you Amanda!
Teresa
December 12, 2015 at 2:53 AMThis sounds like a great dough for people with kids – no waiting around for the dough to soften! Those cookes are awfully cute, too!
Ilona
December 13, 2015 at 10:31 AMThanks so much Teresa!
Revathi
December 12, 2015 at 7:47 AMThe cookies look gorgeous and the pics are bright and beautiful 🙂
Ilona
December 13, 2015 at 10:30 AMThank you Revathi!
Shann Eva
December 12, 2015 at 11:50 AMThese sounds so yummy and I love how you decorated them. Pinned!
Ilona
December 18, 2015 at 1:36 PMThank you so much!
DianaL
December 12, 2015 at 5:54 PMI don’t like working with old dough either. I developed my sugar cookie recipe so I don’t have to chill it either. I absolutely love the idea of dipping the cookies in chocolate and topping with sprinkles! Too cute!
Ilona
December 13, 2015 at 10:30 AMThank you Diana!
jacquee | i sugar coat it!
December 13, 2015 at 10:15 AMSo ADORABLE!!
Ilona
December 13, 2015 at 10:29 AMThank you Jacquee!
sarahlorrainebond
December 13, 2015 at 2:46 PMThis is so simple! I haven’t made Christmas cookies in years, I’ll have to give it a go 🙂
Ilona
December 14, 2015 at 9:16 AMThank you!
anniesnomsblog
December 14, 2015 at 4:49 AMThese are so gorgeous and cute! I really need to get over my fears of cut out cookies and make some! I’m just worried I’ll make them terribly ugly!
Ilona
December 14, 2015 at 9:16 AMI was worried too, but they came out ok:) Thank you!
Emily, Our house now a home
December 14, 2015 at 10:05 AMThey are so cute and look yummy too!
Ilona
December 14, 2015 at 4:30 PMThank you Emily!
MiraL (@miralsl)
December 14, 2015 at 3:42 PMLove your recipe! These cookies are so cute! Pinned!
Ilona
December 14, 2015 at 4:30 PMThanks Mira!
Joscelyn | Wifemamafoodie
December 15, 2015 at 2:53 AMAh, what beautiful cookies, Ilona! So festive and look delicious! Sugar cookies are my fave! 🙂
Ilona
December 15, 2015 at 8:32 AMThank you Joscelyn!
Meghan | Fox and Briar
December 15, 2015 at 8:32 PMI loved decorating sugar cookies as a kid, this is such a great way to make memories! I love that this cookie dough is ready right away, waiting for it to chill was always my least favorite part! And also I like tha tyou made them not too sweet, it seems like as I get older my sweet tooth has been fading. These are perfect!
Ilona
December 17, 2015 at 9:00 AMMy sweet tooth is fading too, that’s why my recipes have less sugar. Thank you Meghan!
Little Big H
December 16, 2015 at 3:45 AMThey are just so cute. I’m going to be making some edible gifts this weekend so I might just make these. Thanks for sharing. x
Ilona
December 17, 2015 at 8:57 AMThank you so much!
Emilie
December 12, 2017 at 1:19 PMI made these last Christmas and they were delicious! I’m making them again today! 🙂
Ilona
December 12, 2017 at 4:45 PMI am so happy that you like them Emilie. I am planning to make these for Christmas too with my children.