Description
Delightful Soft Christmas Cookies blend festive warmth with buttery sweetness, offering a melt-in-your-mouth holiday treat. Sprinkled with seasonal cheer, these cookies bring comfort and joy to winter gatherings.
Ingredients
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Primary Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter, softened (226 grams)
- 1 cup white sugar (200 grams)
- 2 eggs
Flavoring and Leavening Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
Decorative Ingredients:
- Assorted food coloring
- 2 cups confectioners sugar (for icing) (240 grams)
Instructions
- Whip butter and sugar in a spacious mixing bowl until achieving a silky, uniform consistency.
- Incorporate eggs and vanilla, blending thoroughly until ingredients are seamlessly integrated.
- Gradually fold in flour and baking powder, gently stirring until a cohesive dough emerges.
- Encase the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for minimum 60 minutes to firm up texture.
- Heat oven to precisely 400F (200C), ensuring consistent temperature.
- Dust work surface with flour and roll dough to approximately 1/4-inch thickness, creating an even base.
- Select festive cookie cutters and decisively press into rolled dough, extracting crisp holiday shapes.
- Arrange cookie silhouettes strategically on ungreased baking sheets, maintaining 1-inch spacing between each.
- Slide trays into preheated oven, baking for 6-8 minutes until edges transform to delicate golden hues.
- Allow cookies to completely cool on wire racks before adorning with decorative confectioners sugar icing.
Notes
- Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading and maintains the cookie’s shape during baking.
- Use room temperature butter and eggs for smoother, more evenly mixed dough that incorporates ingredients perfectly.
- Dust rolling pin and surface with powdered sugar instead of flour to prevent cookies from becoming tough and dry.
- For gluten-free version, substitute all-purpose flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking blend that maintains the cookie’s tender texture.
- Prep Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 to 8 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 192
- Sugar: 11 g
- Sodium: 93 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg