Our little family had a blast making sugar cookies into snowflakes, Christmas trees, gingerbread men, candy canes, stars, and snowmen! Keira—who is two—loved every minute of rolling out the dough with the roller. She grew SO possessive of the rolling pin that my husband and I just started laughing! We had so much fun that we may just make these again one more time for Santa before he pays us a visit on Christmas Eve! If you love Christmas cookies and baking, then you’ll adore my Peanut Butter Blossom and Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Cup cookies!
Toys Best SellersStep two included decorating the cookies for Santa. I used food coloring and one container of Pillsbury vanilla frosting to make various colors of frosting. Don’t forget to leave Santa a tall glass of milk on Christmas Eve so he has something to wash down your delicious sugar cookies with!
Ingredients in Easy Sugar Cookies
All-purpose flour. Use unbleached if you can although bleached will work.
Baking soda. Baking soda is a leavening agent needed to help the dough rise.
Baking powder. Baking powder helps the cookie dough spread and puff out.
Salt. Salt, according to Salt in Baking’s post, adds flavor and helps strengthen the dough which is important to reach the best texture. Salt also brings out the flavors of the remaining ingredients.
Butter. You can use either salted or unsalted butter. Butter adds a rich, creamy flavor to these sugar cookies.
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Egg. Like baking soda, an egg provides leavening as well as adds taste and structure. Eggs bind all the ingredients together so they don’t fall apart.
Vanilla. Vanilla enhances all the ingredients, providing a sweet taste.
How to Make the Best Sugar Cookies
1). Preheat oven to 375 degrees F/ 190 degrees C. In a medium bowl, stir the flour, baking soda, and baking powder together; set aside.
Toys Best Sellers2). In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg and beat it to combine. Add the vanilla and beat to combine all ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients and beat everything together until smooth.
3). Use cookie cutters or roll into two-tablespoon-sized balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
4). Bake 8-10 minutes until cooked and golden. Let sit on baking sheets for at least two minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
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Easy Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups flour all-purpose
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup sugar granulated
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º F/ 190º C. In a medium bowl, stir the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together; set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg and beat it to combine. Add the vanilla and beat to combine all ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients and beat everything together until smooth.
- Use cookie cutters or roll into two-tablespoon-sized balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 8-10 minutes until cooked and golden. Let sit on baking sheets for at least two minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
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