How to Decorate Christmas Sugar Cookies
Looking for decorated Christmas sugar cookies? It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we’ve put together a list of Santa’s favorite cookies for sharing with friends and family.
In this list, you’ll find the fluffiest, softest and most beautiful sugar cookie recipes ever.
In fact, you will have so much fun making them I bet it gives you and everyone around you an extra dose of Christmas spirit. Need a little Christmas? Here you go!
And if sugar cookies aren’t your thing, we’ve got this eggnog cookie recipe, these Mickey Mouse gingerbread cookies, or these cranberry cookies with white chocolate!
Especially around the holiday season, sugar cookies are a favorite. The fun part is that you can decorate them in so many different ways.
Take out your favorite cookie cutters and the kids will come running to help to make these Christmas treats! Be sure to take photos of those little hands at work!
I still have cookie cutters that my mom used when I was little! Pulling them out is the best way for me to get into the holiday spirit.
Ingredients You’ll Need
To make sugar cookie dough, you’ll need simple dry ingredients like all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Of course, you’ll need butter. Some recipes also add eggs.
For icing color, you’ll need food coloring. You can also opt for plain white royal icing or white frosting.
Variations
Sugar cookies are so versatile because you can add vanilla extract, almond extract, or a variety of other flavors to give them a unique taste. Royal icing, made with powdered sugar, makes beautifully decorated Christmas sugar cookies in all those pretty Christmas icing colors.
Make sure to save some of Santa’s favorite cookies so you can have them ready for Christmas Eve! Scroll down for the list of Christmas cookies.
Equipment
To make any of the festive sugar cookies on this list, you will need baking sheets to bake cookies. For making the dough, you’ll need a mixing bowl, measuring cups and spoons, and an electric mixer.
For cut-out cookies, you will need a rolling pin and cookie cutters in various shapes. This set comes with a booklet and has a great variety of Christmas cookie shapes like candy canes and Christmas trees.
You will also need a wire rack for cooling the cookies and a piping bag with tips to decorate them. I keep my cookie cutters and bags in a plastic bin so they are all together when I need them.
How to Gift Christmas Cookies
Looking for a DIY gift idea? Cookies make great gifts, too! When you have to bring food to a party, cookies are the way to go! They are always a perfect easy dessert idea!
You can even make cookies ahead of time and store in an airtight freezer bag until you’re ready to pass them out.
Don’t forget to bring a few in a box as gifts for the hostess! Add a couple of Christmas Cookie Cutters tied with a bow! So sweet! You’ll find more gifting ideas below.
There are so many ways to gift food! I love these gift boxes with the see-through tops.
You could also fill foil containers. The secure lids will keep your gift fresh!
And don’t forget Cookies in a Jar! You can prepare the ingredients for a few of the recipes above and put them in a mason jar.
Such an easy and fun idea for neighbor gifts and they can pull them out of the pantry when they’re in the mood for a homemade dessert. I’ve received these before and we love having easy homemade cookies when we want them!
Sugar cookies are decorated after they are baked.
No! Patience is needed when decorating cookies. The icing will melt and run off the cookie if it is still warm. In fact, some bakers suggest waiting until the next day to decorate cookies.
Yes! Sugar cookies freeze well for up to three months in an airtight container or freezer bag.
Looking for more Christmas recipes? Check out these 10 Tasty Breakfast Recipes! For later in the day, you can choose one of these Christmas dinner recipes. It even includes dessert!
What’s your best sugar cookie recipe? Let us know so we can try it, too!
These recipes for decorated Christmas sugar cookies first appeared on Food, Fun & Faraway Places on November 27, 2015.
I would love to have a good sugar recipe . I love to bake any kind of cookies and other desserts.
You have a lot to choose from here! Let me know which one you decide to try!
Thank you for sharing my Rudolph Cookies recipe! I am sharing on Pinterest!
Thanks, friend! Hope you are well! I’m pinning, too!
PLEASE EMAIL RECIPE TO ME. THANK YOU, MARJORIE CASAS
Just click on the link of the recipe you want Marjorie. The link will take you to the recipe. Thanks for visiting!
How do I get the recipe?