Old-Fashioned Christmas Sugar Cookies
These Old Fashioned Christmas Sugar Cookies are a classic Christmas treat. Topping them off with red and green sanding sugar makes these the perfect holiday cookie.
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 97kcal
Ingredients
- 1 stick salted butter softened
- 2 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbs cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- Red & Green Sanding Sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl add butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and almond extract. Using a hand mixer beat until light and fluffy, about 4-5 minutes.
- Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add flour, cornstarch baking soda, and salt. Turn the hand mixer to a low speed and combine the ingredients until a soft dough forms.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Once the dough has been chilled for 2 hours remove from the refrigerator and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place the balls on the parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, at least 1 inch apart.
- Using a fork make a criss-cross pattern pressing down lightly into the cookie dough.
- Sprinkle sugar with green or red sugar.
- Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes. Make sure not to overcook these cookies - they should not brown on the edges at all. You want them to be soft, and they should look a bit undercooked when you pull them out of the oven.
- Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to continue cooling.
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Notes
Recipe adapted from The Salty Marshmallow
Nutrition
Calories: 97kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 113IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg