SOFT CHRISTMAS CUT-OUT SUGAR COOKIES

My goal this month has been to bring you cookie recipes that I love to make around Christmas time. We started with these peanut butter blossoms and then these white chocolate cranberry cookies. Now we’re moving on to these delicious and easy Christmas Cut-Out Sugar Cookies.

This sugar cookie dough only takes about 10 minutes to mix together. And since there’s no dough chilling required, you can immediately roll out the dough, cut out your cookies, and bake them. Because let’s be honest, there’s nothing more frustrating than waiting 1-2 hours for cookie dough to chill. Especially when you have little ones who are more than ready to start decorating.

Since I wanted to keep these Christmas cookies as simple as possible, the icing is also incredibly easy. It takes just a couple minutes to mix up the icing and you can easily dye it any color to decorate your cookies. The best part? The icing dries hard, so you can stack these cookies too!

Ingredients

• For the cut-out sugar cookies:
• 3 cups (375 grams) Pillsbury BEST™ All-Purpose Flour, spooned & leveled
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening or 1 Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening Baking Stick
• 1 cup (200 grams) sugar
• 1 large egg room temperature
• 2 tablespoons (30ml) milk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• For the icing:
• 2 cups (240 grams) powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract use clear for white icing
• 3-3.5 tablespoons milk use more or less as needed
• Food coloring

Instructions

1. To make the cookies:
2. Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats and set aside.
3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, cream together the Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening and sugar until well combined. Mix in the egg, milk, and vanilla extract until fully combined.

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