The Best Christmas Sugar Cut Out Cookies
Nothing reminds me of my childhood Christmas like these Sugar Cookies
Yield: 36
Calories: 409cal
Cost: $10
Materials
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter unsalted
- 1 cup oil vegetable or canola
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ½ tsp. almond extract
- 4&1/2 cup flour all-purpose
- 1 tsp. baking powder
Icing (per color)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 2 water – 3 Tbsp.
- Gel food coloring (various colors)
Instructions
- In a large bowl - Cream the first 4 ingredients
- Add the egg, vanilla, and almond - mix in
- In another large bowl, mix the flour & baking powder
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, and mix
- Chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour
- When you are ready, Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
- roll the dough out between two sheets of wax paper *my little trick to avoid sticky dough on the rolling pin!
- And...cut the shapes out
- Bake for 8-10 minutes
- Mix the icing by mixing the powdered sugar, almond extract, water, and food coloring together. *Add water gradually until the icing is the consistency you like
- When the cookies have cooled - decorate! :)
Notes
- *When the dough warms up - and it does pretty quickly - pop it back into the refrigerator to get cold. I like to take half of the dough out at a time...roll, and cut into shapes. That way the other half is cold and ready to go when your dough gets too warm to shape
- If you've added too much water to your icing recipe, don't worry - add more powdered sugar until it's as thick as you want it to be
Nutrition
Calories: 409cal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 58mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 164IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 3mg