Soft, chewy homemade Christmas Sugar cookies with buttercream frosting. This is the best cut out sugar cookie recipe!
Welcome to Day #7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! I have loved creating new Christmas cookie recipes for you every single day.
I am sharing the classic Frosted Sugar Cookie Recipe. Don’t let the simplicity fool you. This is a phenomenal sugar cookie with the best Christmas cookie frosting. This sugar cookie recipe has soft and thick centers and slightly crisp edges.
If you are looking for an easy, no frosting required drop cookie, check out my Best Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe.
One of the best things about making sugar cookies is that you get to be creative! You can choose the decorations, the type of frosting you use from buttercream to cream cheese to royal icing, and the colors. The possibilities are endless!
The best frosting for sugar cookies is up for debate but I prefer a classic buttercream frosting or cream cheese frosting. I love to combine my cream cheese frosting recipe and my buttercream frosting recipe to make the most perfect frosting for sugar cookies. The frosting recipe is simple and made with only 4 ingredients — butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla. You can even add different flavorings like almond or peppermint.
You can choose your favorite color palette from red and green to white and blue for snowflakes or white and gold.
This year I decided to go with a classy gold and white theme and pipe the homemade frosting onto the sugar cookies and then sprinkle them with gold and white sprinkles. But you can sprinkle them with any color of your favorite holiday sprinkles!
This sugar cookie recipe is super simple and only calls for 7 ingredients. It makes super soft and chewy sugar cookies topped with frosting.
This is the perfect Sugar Cookie Frosting Recipe. This Christmas Cookie Frosting is made with butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla bean paste, for extra vanilla flavor.
I suggest using a high-quality butter. I would suggest Kerry Gold or any European butter. I also suggest Land O Lake and Challenge Butter as well.
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Pin ItIn a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 4 minutes or until light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl. Add egg and egg yolk and vanilla and mix for 1 minute longer.
Fold in flour, baking powder, and salt.
Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Place each portion onto a piece of lightly floured parchment paper or a lightly floured silicone baking mat. Roll the dough out to about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness, depending on how thick you want your cookies to be. Lightly sprinkle one of the rolled-out doughs with flour. Place a piece of parchment paper on top. Place the second rolled-out dough on top. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1–2 hours
After the dough has chilled, remove from the refrigerator. Line baking sheets with parchment paper sheets. Using a cookie cutter, cut the dough into shapes. Re-roll the remaining dough and repeat the process.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place on a light-colored baking sheet and bake for 7-10 minutes or until lightly golden on the edges but still soft in the center. Let cool.
In a mixing bowl, cream softened butter and cream cheese for 2-3 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl. Add powdered sugar and vanilla bean paste. Ad more powdered sugar for a thicker frosting. If you desire a thinner frosting, add 1-2 teaspoons of heavy cream.
Add food coloring, if desired. Spread onto cooled cookies or place the frosting in piping bags or decorating tool and pipe the frosting onto the cookies. Top with your favorite sprinkles. May serve chilled. If chilling in the refrigerator, make sure to place in an air-tight container.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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