Name: Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 47 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup granulated white sugar; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 egg; 3 cups all purpose flour; ¾ tsp salt; ¾ tsp baking powder; FOR ROYAL ICING:; ¼ cup water; 1 tbsp prepared royal icing mix

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How To Make Christmas Sugar Cookies

These sugar cookies are a great addition to your holiday spreads. They’re perfectly soft and buttery and look extra pretty with some royal icing.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 7 minutes

Chill Time: 30 minutes

Total: 47 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1cupunsalted butter
1cupgranulated white sugar
2tsppure vanilla extract
1egg
3cupsall purpose flour,or plain flour
¾tspsalt
¾tspbaking powder

For Royal Icing:

¼cupwater
1tbspprepared royal icing mix,or more

Instructions

Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together with a thick wooden spoon or electric beaters, and beat for about 3 minutes or until smooth. Beat in the vanilla and the egg.
Add in 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until well combined.
Then, add the rest of the flour until the mixture becomes a stiff cookie dough. Turn dough out onto a clean surface. Lightly wet hands and knead the dough until it forms a soft ball.
Wrap dough with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Divide dough in half, then roll out about ¼ inch thick onto a lightly floured surface. Cut using any cookie cutter shape, and transfer immediately onto baking sheet.
Bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until just set. For crispier golden edged cookies, bake for up to 9 minutes. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Royal Icing:

Mix the water with the royal icing mix in a small bowl. Pour into a small piping bag with a round icing tip #5, outline and flood the cookies with silver or grey. Allow to set.
Then, using round icing tip #1, pipe any other decorations over the top, or add edible pearls, edible cachous, edible balls, sprinkles, or edible glitter.