christmas sugar cookies
The recipe for the sugar cookies originally came from Mary Margaret McBride's Cook Book, and they are the cookies I make when I cut out the Christmas shapes and frost for Christmas cookies and they are hands down my family's favorites. When my step daughter saw these at my place of work she was mad because I was giving away some of HER cookies! One other footnote. two sugar cookies filled with home made strawberry jam, was my Grannie Millers signature coookie. Just sandwich jam in between 2 cookies and bake. This is one cookie recipe you can double.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
yield
24 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon milk or cream
How To Make christmas sugar cookies
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Step 1Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
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Step 2Cream butter, add sugar gtadually umtil light and fluffy, add egg, vanilla, and milk.
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Step 3Add dry ingredietns, mixture will be stiff. I really appreciate my stand mixer now because it stands up to the stiffer doughs, not like my whimpy hand mixer. -
Step 4Divide dough in half, wrap in plastic wrap and put in fridge for at least 1 hour.
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Step 5When ready to roll out, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Step 6Take out one dough ball and leave other in fridge until ready for it.
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Step 7I can't tell you how thin to roll out. Thinner cookies are more cruspy, thicker ones are softer. I can tell you that if you are going to make filled ones, make a double batch, because each cookie requires 2 cookies.
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Step 8To make filled cookies, place one cookie on a cookie sheet sprayed with non stick spray.
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Step 9Put a rounded teaspoon of strawberry jam in the middle.(Or jam that you like)I put in my home made strawberry jam that I made in June.
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Step 10Put another sugar cookie on top, and seal with the tines of a fork all around.
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Step 11Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes
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