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Sugar Cookies - easy and the best sugar cookie recipe. These homemade Christmas sugar cookies are cut out in festive shapes and decorated with icing.
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Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are a must for the festive holiday season. It’s a celebration of the happiest time of the year.
It’s always so much fun to make Christmas sugar cookies because the cookies are cut out from the dough into festive shapes of Christmas trees, stars, snow angels, candy canes, snow flakes and more.
The best part of it all is decorating the cookies with icing, frosting and sprinkles.
This is the world’s best sugar cookie recipe because it’s Alton Brown’s recipe.
Other Cookie Recipes You Might Like
- Butter Cookies
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
- Spritz Cookies
How to Make Sugar Cookies?
It’s every easy to make homemade Christmas cookies. The recipe calls for simple pantry ingredients:
- Unsalted butter.
- Sugar.
- All-purpose flour.
- Egg.
- Milk.
- Baking powder and salt.
The first step is to make the cookie dough using a stand mixer. Next, you roll out the dough on a working surface and cut out into desired shapes.
The final step is to bake the cookies in the oven and store the cookies in an air tight container.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Freeze the Cookie Dough?
I don’t recommend freezing the cookie dough because you’ll need to thaw to room temperature before cutting out to cookies.
You may chill the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before rolling out.
You may also chill the cut out sugar cookies for 30 minutes before baking.
How Do I Decorate Cookies?
For holiday-themed cookies, you can decorate them with icing, frosting, sprinkles, nonpareil and/or cupcake gems and pearls.
What Kind of Sugar Cookie Frosting and Icing to Use?
You can make sugar cookie frosting and icing from scratch.
You can also get the icing and frosting from the stores, for example: Betty Crocker Cookie Icing and Frosting.
How Many Calories per Serving?
Each sugar cookie is only 65 calories per piece.
What to Serve with This Recipe?
Serve the cookies with other festive treats and cookies. I recommend the following recipes.Holiday Bread
Moist Fruit Cake
Almond Toffee
Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti
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Sugar Cookie Recipe
Sugar Cookies- easy and the best sugar cookie recipe. These homemade Christmas sugar cookies are cut out in festive shapes and decorated with icing.
4.61 from 28 votes
By Bee Yinn Low
Yield 36 people
Prep 15 minutes mins
Cook 9 minutes mins
Total 24 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tablespoon milk
- Powdered sugar for rolling out dough
Instructions
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color. Add egg and milk and beat to combine. Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl. Divide the dough in half, covered and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 °F (190 °C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
Sprinkle a flat working surface with powdered sugar. Working on the dough one at a time. Sprinkle rolling pin with powdered sugar, and roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thick. Cut into desired shapes, place the sugar cookies 1-inch apart on a baking sheet.
Bake the sugar cookies for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time. Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from oven.
Let cool on on wire rack. Serve as is or decorate with cookie icing, sprinkles or nonpareil. Store the sugar cookies in airtight containers for up to 1 week.
Notes
Recipe Source: Food Network
Course: Baking Recipes
Cuisine: Desserts
Keywords: sugar cookies
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Sugar Cookie Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 65Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 8mg3%
Sodium 24mg1%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 1g2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
