Christmas Sugar Cookies
prep time:
15 MINS
cook time:
10 MINS
total time:
1 HR 25 MINS
Christmas
Sugar Cookies are such a nice way to sweeten up your holiday spirit. The cookies
are festive, soft and buttery, with delicious vanilla notes.
Ingredients
·
3 cups all-purpose flour
·
1 teaspoon baking powder
·
1/4 teaspoon salt
·
2 sticks butter softened to room temperature
·
1 cup white granulated sugar
·
1 large egg
·
1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
Prepare
Sugar Cookies Dough:
1. In
a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
2.
In another large bowl, beat butter and sugar
until light and fluffy. Then, add egg, milk, and vanilla and beat until
combined.
3.
Next, with the mixer on low speed, add flour
mix gradually, and beat until fully combined.
4.
Divide the dough into 3 equal parts and place
into 3 bowl. Add red gel food coloring to one of the bowl, green to another and
leave the third one uncolored.
5.
Either using a mixer or a spatula, combine the
gel food coloring with the dough, until smooth and the color is evenly
distributed. Roll the dough from each bowl into a ball and press into a thick
disk.
6.
Wrap each dough disk in plastic wrap.
Refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Roll
and Bake the Sugar Cookies:
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cover two
baking cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2.
Cover a flat surface with WAXED paper (no flour).
Remove the chilled dough from the fridge. Using your fingers, break pieces of
dough (about 1-2 inches big) from each disk and distribute on the prepared
waxed paper, close to each other, about 1/2 - 1 inch distance between the
pieces. Alternate between colors, and try to form a rectangle with the broken
dough pieces.
3.
Cover the pieces with waxed paper, using a
rolling pin, roll it over the dough pieces, and form a flat rectangle, and make
sure it's about 1/4 inch thick.
4.
Remove the top waxed paper, and use cookie
cutters to cut desired forms and shapes. Then transfer the cookies to the
prepared baking sheets, leave 1 1 1/2 inches distance between cookies.
5.
Place the cookies in the freezer or
refrigerator for about 10 minutes to chill. This will help maintaining the
shape while baking.
6.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven at
350 degrees F, or until golden color.
7.
If desired, after the cookies have been fully
cooled, decorate with icing.
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