Best 4 Merry Maker Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipes
Christmas is a time of joy, family, and delicious food. And what's more festive than a plate of freshly baked sugar cookies? These classic treats are a staple of holiday baking, and there are endless variations on the traditional recipe. Whether you like them soft and chewy or crisp and crunchy, topped with sprinkles or a glaze, there's a merry maker Christmas sugar cookie recipe out there for everyone.
Here are our top 4 tried and tested recipes!
CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIE CUTOUTS
If your Christmas season gets so hectic that you only have time to bake one batch of cookies, we suggest that this be the one you make. This is the kind of sugar cookie that generations of bakers have relied on, with a buttery texture and just-right tenderness. The accompanying glaze requires just three ingredients and is a standby that you can just as easily rely on when you need a glaze on other cookie varieties. It sets up nicely and is ideal for decorating, tinting well and spreading easily. The process of making sugar cookie cutouts is as essential to the holidays as opening gifts and singing Christmas songs, and if you can clear some time out on your schedule, it's a relaxing activity, too. Pull out all your favorite cookie cutters, whether they're classic hearts and stars or cute winter characters like reindeer and penguins, and bake up a batch-this recipe yields 60 cookies. When it's time to decorate, you have a blank canvas to indulge your style and creativity. Some bakers like to go all in on color and whimsy, while others prefer more simple and elegant finishing flourishes-it's all up to you. What we can promise is that no matter what shapes you cut them into or how you decorate them, you'll end up with cookies that are as delicious as they are beautiful.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 4h10m
Yield 60
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, almond extract and egg until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
- Heat oven to 375°F. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured surface, roll each half of dough 3/16 inch thick. Cut into assorted shapes with cookie cutters, or cut around patterns traced from storybook illustrations. If cookies are to be hung as decorations, make a hole in each 1/4 inch from top with end of plastic straw. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- In medium bowl, beat all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Frost and decorate cookies as desired with frosting and colored sugars.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 65, Carbohydrate 9 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 40 mg
MERRY MAKER CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES
These are beautiful, and so much fun to make. Everyone is impressed by them, and they are not hard to make. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and friends do! The sugar cookie recipe is identical to Confectioner's Sugar Cookies #3094 by Linda Johansen, but there is no other way to post the recipe without copying it! Recipe and idea from Betty Crocker's Cookie Book. Thanks! (Cook time and prep time do not include chill time.)
Provided by Amanda Beth
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 48 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Mix sugar and butter.
- Add eggs and flavorings; mix well.
- Mix dry ingredients together, and blend in to other mixture.
- Divide dough into several parts.
- Tint each a different color.
- Make as many different colors as you like, but make sure they are really different to get the strongest contrast.
- Refrigerate dough for two or three hours.
- Take each color of dough and roll into small balls.
- Place an assortment of different colors next to each other, making sure no two of the same colors touch.
- Roll together, until about 1/8-inch thick.
- Cut as many cookies as possible from dough, because if you reroll it, it will smear together.
- Or, you can make a few at a time by rolling only a few balls at a time.
- Bake cookies at 375°F for 7-8 minutes, or until lightly golden on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- These cookies freeze well.
MERRY GRINCHMAS COOKIES
Baking cookies around the holidays is a big deal in our house. Some are a must every year and we also come up with new recipes. This one is simple, delicious and fun to make with the kids!-Angela Lemoine, Howell, New Jersey
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 35m
Yield about 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in vanilla, food coloring and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour or until firm enough to shape., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-1/2-in. balls; roll in confectioners' sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until tops are cracked and edges are set, 12-15 minutes. Immediately press a gumdrop into each cookie. Cool cookies 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 112 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 18mg cholesterol, Sodium 67mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES
Make and share this Christmas Sugar Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Dessert
Time 18m
Yield 72 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Beat in the egg, sour cream, honey and vanilla.
- Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture (if the dough is too sticky add in a little more flour, add in just enough to hold together).
- Cover and chill for 2 hours or 24 hours or until dough is easy to handle.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut with 3-inch cookie cutters dipped in flour.
- Place 1-in apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 325° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove to wire racks and cool.
- Melt candy coating; stir in food colouring.
- Drizzle over cookies.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 64.5, Fat 2.9, SaturatedFat 1.8, Cholesterol 10.1, Sodium 41.3, Carbohydrate 9, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 4.3, Protein 0.8
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients. This will make a big difference in the taste of your cookies. Look for butter with a high fat content (at least 82%) and all-purpose flour that is freshly milled.
- Chill the dough before baking. This will help the cookies hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight.
- Bake the cookies at the right temperature. The temperature of your oven will affect the texture of your cookies. If the oven is too hot, the cookies will brown too quickly and be crispy on the outside and raw on the inside. If the oven is too cool, the cookies will take too long to bake and be dry and crumbly. The ideal oven temperature for baking sugar cookies is 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Don't overmix the dough. Overmixing the dough will make the cookies tough. Mix the dough just until the ingredients are combined.
- Use a cookie scoop to portion the dough. This will help you get evenly-sized cookies. A 1-tablespoon cookie scoop is a good size for sugar cookies.
- Bake the cookies on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. This will prevent the cookies from sticking to the pan.
- Let the cookies cool completely before frosting them. This will help the frosting set properly.
Conclusion:
With a little planning and effort, you can make delicious, festive sugar cookies that will be the hit of your holiday party. Just remember to use high-quality ingredients, chill the dough before baking, bake the cookies at the right temperature, don't overmix the dough, and use a cookie scoop to portion the dough. With these tips, you'll be sure to impress your friends and family with your baking skills.
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