Sugar cookies recipe ?

Question

I want to make sugar cookies for christmas. Does any one know good and easy recipes to make sugar cookies. I would prefer christmas sugar cookies like the one that is shaped like santa or a snowman...or has red and green frosting on it.

Answer 1

try northpole .com they have excellent recipes and any kind of christmas recipes you want . good luck and god bless.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Snowman Sugar Cookies With Frosting
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This recipe was found in Quick Cooking magazine. My 3 year old and I made them for Santa this year and from the crumbs left on the plate, I think he enjoyed them!
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2 dozen 40 min 30 min prep
Change to: dozen US Metric
1 (18 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1/2 cup white shortening
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (for very white frosting, use clear vanilla extract)
48 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
24 candy corn
1/2 cup red-hot candies (or you can use mini chocolate chips for this as well)

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Cut cookie dough into 1/4 inch slices.
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a small mixing bowl, cream shortening and butter.
Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar.
Beat in milk and vanilla until smooth.
Spread over cookies.
Decorate with chocolate chips, candy corn and red hots.

Answer 4

Soft Christmas Cookies
"Soft cut out sugar cookie that I have used for years. I sprinkle with colored sugar before baking or you could also try icing them when cool."


INGREDIENTS
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract


DIRECTIONS
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients until fully absorbed. Cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. On a clean floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
Bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

Answer 5

INGREDIENTS
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
Beat in egg and vanilla.

or

Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
granulated sugar, colored if desired

Directions
Beat butter and shortening thoroughly with an electric mixer or pastry cutter.

Add sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt and mix until well combined.

Beat in egg and vanilla then as much flour as you can with the electric mixer.

Stir in the remaining flour.

Cover and chill for at least 1 hour;

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F

Split the dough in 1/2 and roll one half at a time. Cut out with appropriate shaped cookie cutters.

Keep the piece you aren't using in the fridge.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for about 7 to 8 minutes, until edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned (don't over cook).

Makes 36 cookies.


Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden.
Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

Answer 6

you should just save yourself the trouble and get the betty crocker ones the mix in the bag and just do it like that, then get some cookie cutters n use them and buy some green frosting!