Decorated Christmas Cutout Cookies Recipe

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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. 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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