The Best Christmas Cookies
Sugar cookies frosted with icing
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 123kcal
Equipment
- Cookie cutters
Ingredients
Sugar cookies recipe
- 1 cup butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Cookie icing recipe
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp light corn syrup
- 2½-3 tbsp lukewarm water
- food coloring - optional
Instructions
Sugar Cookies
- Preheat oven 350
- Mix butter and sugar together until light and blended
- Mix in beaten egg and vanilla
- Blend baking powder and flour and add 1 cup at a time
- Make dough into a ball and cut into 4
- Make into 4 small balls, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 min
- Roll ball into a ¼ inch slab on a piece of parchment so it won't stick.
- Cut out desired shapes, reroll scraps and place back in refrigerator while you are working on the next ball of dough. Keep rotating until all dough is used.
- Bake in oven for 8 -10 minutes
- Let cool before icing
Cookie Icing
- Mix ingredients together and add food coloring if desired
- Pour into frosting bag fitted with a small tip or a squeeze bottle
Nutrition
Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 54mg | Potassium: 14mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 164IU | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg