Decorated Christmas Cutout Cookies Recipe

Decorated Christmas Cutout Cookies Recipe Decorated Christmas Cutout Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 5

Rich, buttery cookies like these never last long at a party. I use seasonal cutters to celebrate the holidays tastefully. —Lynn Burgess, Rolla, Missouri

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Decorated Christmas Cutout Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 72 Servings
15 10 25

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Tinted frostings, colored sugars, edible glitter and nonpareils

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut out with Christmas cookie cutters of your choice. Using a floured spatula, transfer cookies to greased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire racks.
  • Decorate cookies with frosting, sugars and candies. Yield: 6-7 dozen (2-1/2-inch cookies).

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 47 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 43 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Decorated Christmas Cutout Cookies in Taste of Home Christmas Cookies & Candies , p27

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Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2012 by cae1231

Simple and tasty!

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2012 by JanCH

Excellent and the dough is easy to work with.

Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2012 by dilbert098

The best sugar/butter cookies ever. I'm usually impartial to these types of cookies but these ones are fantastic. They won't last long!

Reviewed on Dec. 27, 2011 by nicolev

These are the perfect cookies for decorating. They are nice and soft with a great light flavor that goes well by itself or with frosting.

Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2011 by mrsoak

Nice soft texture and classic sugar cookie flavor. I like a more buttery cookie, but this is what you expect when you bite into a sugar cookie. I decorated mine with colored sugars.

Reviewed on Apr. 13, 2011 by Marijke Koken

My Grand Kids love to work with this dough it makes very nice cookies. I will be doing them for Easter this year too.

Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2010 by Summy

Yummy! My children and I would stir up some tinted frosting in a paint consistency, and then use paintbrushes to "paint" the cookies every year. Of course, sometimes faces got painted too. What fun! And, it always helps to have a delicious sugar cookie recipe to start the festivities. :)

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2010 by grade2teach

These cookies are delicious. I make them for all sorts of celebrations and holidays. I usually get about 2 dozen from a medium/large cookie cutter; not 6-7 dozen as the recipe claims.

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2010 by familybaker

Since we like almond flavoring, I used that in place of the vanilla. I have already separated the dough and used 1/2 tsp vanilla in 1 half and 1/2 tsp in the other half of the dough. Makes a little more work, but you also have 2 different flavors.

 
 

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