Christmas Sugar Cookies
This year for Christmas we made our first real sugar cookies, my daughter and I. These Christmas Sugar Cookies were not perfect looking by any means, but looked adorably hand painted and tasted really great.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 8 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/2 cup butter, 340g, softened
- 2 cups sugar, 400g
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups all purpose flour, 500g
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Cream softened butter and sugar til smooth.
- 2
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- 3
In separate bowl whisk flour, baking powder and salt until well mixed.
- 4
Pour into butter/sugar and stir until just incorporated.
- 5
Cover and chill at least 1 hour and preferable overnight.
- 6
Preheat oven to 400F.
- 7
Sprinkle powdered sugar on working surface and roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
- 8
Use cookies cutter to cut out shapes and place on baking sheet.
- 9
Bake for 6-8 minutes or until edges just turning golden. Cool completely before icing.