Christmas is never complete until the sugar cookies have been made. Nothing says Christmas like cut-out Christmas cookies! This is one tradition I love and will always remember doing every year with my mom. The week before Christmas my mom would make the dough and keep in the refrigerator, I would always sneak a taste of the dough. Then we would spend an afternoon cutting out the dough with Christmas cookies cutters and decorating them with an assortment of sprinkles, colored sugars and frosting's. So much fun!!
The recipes I used for the sugar cookies is one of the best tasting sugar cookies I've had. They bake up nice and even and in no time. The cookies came out soft, sweet and chewy. The glaze didn't turn out exactly how I would have liked, it was a little thin and of course I ran out of powdered sugar so I couldn't make it any thicker (I would recommend added a bit more powdered sugar to the glaze), but it still was really good and went well with the sugar cookies. And of course all my good photos for these cookies got erased as well.
Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
Source: allrecipes.com
- 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
Directions:
- In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, mix in vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and chill for at least one hour or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out dough on floured surface, 1/2 to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungrease cookie sheets.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes. Cool completely and frost with favorite icing.
Sugar Cookie Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
- 2 Tbsp water
- food coloring
*This glaze will dry to a hard shiny finish. Dries quickly.
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