These Christmas Cut-Out Sugar Cookies are a holiday favorite, perfect for making festive shapes with your favorite cookie cutters! This easy recipe uses simple ingredients to create soft, buttery cookies that hold their shape beautifully. Whether you’re baking with kids or decorating for a holiday party, these cookies are a must-have for spreading Christmas cheer.
Christmas Cut Out Sugar Cookies
These Christmas Cut-Out Sugar Cookies are perfect for the holiday season! They’re soft, buttery, and easy to make, making them ideal for festive shapes and colorful decorations.
With simple ingredients and a dough that’s easy to roll, these cookies are great for baking with kids! Me and my girls love using our favorite cookie cutters to create shapes, and then decorating with sugar cookie frosting and sprinkles after they’re baked!
For your full Christmas cookie box add my Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies and Pistachio Shortbread Cookies too!
Christmas Cut Out Sugar Cookies Ingredients
- All purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Butter
- White sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- White icing or frosting
- Sprinkles of your choice
How to Make Christmas Cut Out Sugar Cookies
The first step is to take a large bowl and mix together the dry ingredients.
In another large mixing bowl add sugar and butter and beat until fluffy. Then, mix in the eggs and vanilla.
Combine the flour mixture into sugar mixture and continue to mix until the cookie dough forms.
Once complete, wrap and chill dough in the refrigerator for two hours.
Preheat the oven and spray your cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
Divide the sugar cookie dough into two balls and use a rolling pin to roll it out. Then use cookie cutters to cut out shapes and arrange them on the baking sheet.
Now it’s your choice on how you want to decorate them. Going for sprinkles? Sprinkle the cookies with colored sugar sprinkles and bake until the edges turn a light brown. Then, remove from the oven and let them cool.
Want icing instead of sprinkles? Once cookies are removed from the oven and cooled down decorate with sugar cookie frosting, sprinkles and enjoy your delicious cutout cookies!
Making Cut Out Cookies Ahead
You can make sugar cookies 3-5 days ahead of time if stored in an airtight container at room temperature. I’d suggest frosting the night before your event or the day of, for an even fresher taste!
Storing Leftovers
Once the icing has fully hardened, layer cookies carefully with parchment paper in an airtight container. Store at room temperature for up to a week.
Freezing: After the icing has fully set, freeze cookies in a single layer on a baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer to a freezer-safe container, layering with parchment paper. Freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature in a single layer to avoid smudging the decorations.
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Ingredients
- ▢ 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
- ▢ 1 cup butter softened (not melted)
- ▢ 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ▢ 2 eggs
- ▢ 2 teaspoons vanilla
To decorate (optional)
- ▢ White icing
- ▢ Rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In another large mixing bowl add sugar and butter and beat with a electric hand mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and continue to beat until well combined. Add in flour mixture into sugar mixture and continue to mix until a cookie dough forms.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 cookie sheets with nonstick spray.
- Divide the dough in 2 balls. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough into 1/4 inch thickness. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Place cookies on baking sheet. Continue until all the dough is gone.
- Sprinkle the cookies with colored sugar and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges turn a light brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool. If you prefer to use icing, bake the cookies and then add icing once the cookies are cool.
Christmas Cut Out Sugar Cookies (Cookie Cutters)
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened (not melted)
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
To decorate (optional)
- White icing
- Rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In another large mixing bowl add sugar and butter and beat with a electric hand mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and continue to beat until well combined. Add in flour mixture into sugar mixture and continue to mix until a cookie dough forms.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 cookie sheets with nonstick spray.
- Divide the dough in 2 balls. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough into 1/4 inch thickness. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Place cookies on baking sheet. Continue until all the dough is gone.
- Sprinkle the cookies with colored sugar and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges turn a light brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool. If you prefer to use icing, bake the cookies and then add icing once the cookies are cool.
Recipe Created by Pamela Reed for brooklynfarmgirl.com
