Easy Double Vanilla Powdered Sugar Christmas Cut Out Cookies
This easy double vanilla powdered sugar Christmas cut out cookie recipe is so simple and the oven baked results are perfect to use as decorating cookies! If you are looking for a quick, reliable holiday cookies recipe to decorate with sprinkles, colored icing and cute cut out shapes, try the recipe below!
Sugar cookies are a classic Christmas Cookies Recipe. This easy double vanilla powdered sugar Christmas cut out cookies recipe (as well as the included icing recipe!) relies entirely on powdered sugar to sweeten them, updating the traditional decorated holiday cookies. Use parchment paper and plastic wrap for a simple cookie dough roll out technique for easy cleanup.
This powdered cookie dough is sturdy enough for stamped cookie designs. I used a decorative rolling pin before using my cookie cutters to give these star shaped cookies beautiful raised ridges. Edible shimmer gold dust sprinkled over the tops after baking helped to accentuate the design.
The best part of making cookies for holiday decorating with sprinkles, edible glitter and colored frosting is of course adding the actual decorations! Who wants to spend multitudes of time mixing, measuring and flouring surfaces for dough roll out?
The finished results of these easy Christmas cookies are a decorators dream, the cookies bake to a light color, with a sturdy composition and a smooth flat surface perfect for layering with sparkling sanding sugars, decorating sprinkle mix and a homemade icing tailored to the colors of your choosing!
This cookie dough produces crisp edges perfect for cut-out cookies. Depending on the size of your cookie cutter, you can can get 20-35 cookies from this recipe!
The results of this powdered sugar cookie recipe are: reliable baking results, easy cookie dough prep and sturdy cutout cookie shapes.
- The quick bake time of 8-10 minutes makes versatile soft or crunchy cookies. 8 minutes produces cookies with a soft texture. Bake for a couple minutes longer (12 minutes) to make these cookies crunchy.
- This powdered sugar cookie dough is so simple to put together with minimal ingredients; it’s budget friendly, and the dough blends up with an electric mixer in minutes.
- Rolling the dough out between parchment paper and plastic wrap is a no clean up technique that produces a flat, even cookie dough that is perfect for decorated cut out cookies.
Double the vanilla, double the flavor in this recipe for cookie cutter ready, decorator cookies.
The ingredient list for these rolled cookies is short and simple. Adding vanilla paste to both the dough and icing adds a punch of vanilla flavor, making these baked holiday goods smell as good as they taste. Vanilla paste is full of fresh specks of vanilla and if using icing with no food dye, the visual results are a beautiful eggshell effect!
I want to make large and small cookie sizes, should I adjust bake time significantly?
For smaller cookie sizes, stick to 8 minute bake time. For larger cookies go up to 12 minutes. Always check your cookies towards the end of baking for browning on the edges. Once the cookies start to brown, remove them from the oven and cool on a rack.
I do not have parchment paper or plastic wrap for mess free cookie dough roll out technique; can I still make this recipe?
Yes! Lightly flour the surface you intend to roll your dough out on and lightly flour your rolling pin. This recipe does not require parchment paper lined baking sheets, so feel free to omit that step as well! No need to grease or flour the pans.
This recipe is adapted from King Arthur Cookie Cookbook, a source for rigorously tested recipes.
Powdered Sugar Cookie Storage:
When the cookies have been iced, decorated and are fully dried store them in an airtight container for 3-4 days at room temperature.
Easy Double Vanilla Powdered Sugar Christmas Cut Out Cookies
Equipment
- 1 Rolling Pin
- Parchment Paper
- 1 Electric Stand Mixer
- 2 Gallon Sized Zip Lock Bags
- Plastic Wrap optional
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Butter unsalted, 2 sticks
- 2 Cups Confectioners Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Light Corn Syrup
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Paste
- ½ Tsp Salt
- 1 Egg large, mixed with 2 tablespoons water
- 3½ Cups All Purpose Flour
Instructions
Vanilla Powdered Sugar Cookie Dough
- In a medium bowl, cream sugar, butter and corn syrup until light and fluffy.
- Mix vanilla paste and salt in bowl with beaten egg and add to creamed butter in medium bowl.
- Slowly add flour until the batter in blended.
- Divide the dough into 2 balls and place in zip lock bags. Use rolling pin to flatten the dough slightly and place in refrigerator for 1 hour.
Roll out The Cookie Dough and Bake
- Preheat oven to 350℉
- There is no need to grease the cookie sheets, but I recommend using parchment paper for ease of clean up.
- On either a lightly floured surface or between 1 piece of parchment paper and 1 piece of plastic wrap (recommended) roll dough out with rolling pin to about â…› thickness, the thinner the dough, the crisper the cookie will be.
- Cut shapes out of cookie dough, cut the shapes closely together, this dough tends to dry out and scraps can only be rerolled once.
- Place cookie dough shapes on parchment paper lined sheet (if using) and bake for 8- 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before decorating.
Nutrition
Vanilla Flavored Powdered Sugar Cookie Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ Cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Light Corn Syrup
- 2 Tablespoons Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Paste
Instructions
- Mix powdered sugar, corn syrup and milk in a small bowl. Stir until blended.
- Add vanilla bean paste to icing and mix until blended.
- Ice cookies by either brushing glaze over, or dipping cookies directly into the icing bowl.
- Decorate with sprinkles or decorative colored sugar. Let dry before storing.
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