Holiday Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
Get ready for delicious and beautiful holiday baking! Make these irresistible cut-out sugar cookies, which stay soft and chewy no matter the temperature. With an easy frosting that adds some festive shine to your creations too, this recipe is sure to become a family favorite in no time.
Ingredients
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup salted butter (sofented)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (room temperature)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Sugar Cookie Frosting (That Hardens)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 tbsp milk or water (room temperature)
- 2 1/2 tbsp light corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- gel food coloring (optional)
Instructions
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
- Beat together butter and sugar until a lusciously creamy mixture forms in the bowl of your standing mixer - an irresistible treat to come!
- Stir in vanilla extract and eggs to add an even richer flavour.
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt - beating until all of it is mixed together perfectly.
- Divide this dough mixture evenly to form two discs and then wrap up tightly with plastic wrap.
- Let them sit for two hours or overnight in the fridge so they can chill out and relax.
- Get your oven ready and preheat to 350°F! Grab a rolling pin; it's time for some creative cookie-baking!
- Take out one of the sugar cookie dough discs from the fridge, let sit at room temp for 5 minutes.
- Flour up a surface and roll away -- 1/4" thick or 1/2” if you want those cookies soft as can be.
- Bust out your fun cookie cutter shapesto cut out the dough and place each sugar cookie 1" apart on prepared baking sheets.
- Repeat until all that yummy dough has been used up - don't forget to reroll leftovers two more times (3 total!)
- Now get them in the oven, and let's bake them for 9-10 minutes for something delicious... Cookies should be puffed and just set around the edges.
- Remove from the oven and let them sit on the cookie sheet another 5 minutes before transfering a wire rack to cool completely.
- When ready, repeat with the second dough disc.
Sugar Cookie Icing that Hardens
- Combine all frosting ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk to combine.
- Start with 2 TBS milk and increase until your desired consistency is achieved.
- If using food coloring, separate frosting into smaller bowls and add food coloring to your liking.
- Place each color in a disposable piping bag fitted with your tip of choice.
- Once cookies are completely cooled, decorate cookies.
- Let decorated cookies sit at room temperature for at least 3 hours, or until the frosting is completely hardened. Chilling them in the refrigerator helps speed up the setting process.
- Store in an airtight container or on a plate wrapped in plastic wrap at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
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