![]() What we can promise is that no matter what shapes you cut them into or how you decorate them, you’ll end up with cookies that are as delicious as they are beautiful. Some bakers like to go all in on color and whimsy, while others prefer more simple and elegant finishing flourishes-it’s all up to you. When it’s time to decorate, you have a blank canvas to indulge your style and creativity. Pull out all your favorite cookie cutters, whether they’re classic hearts and stars or cute winter characters like reindeer and penguins, and bake up a batch-this recipe yields 60 cookies. The process of making sugar cookie cutouts is as essential to the holidays as opening gifts and singing Christmas songs, and if you can clear some time out on your schedule, it’s a relaxing activity, too. It sets up nicely and is ideal for decorating, tinting well and spreading easily. The accompanying glaze requires just three ingredients and is a standby that you can just as easily rely on when you need a glaze on other cookie varieties. This is the kind of sugar cookie that generations of bakers have relied on, with a buttery texture and just-right tenderness. You will need: A mixer, rolling pin, vanilla paste, cookie cutters, all natural vegetable dye food coloring ( I used this powdered coloring made with vegetables) and cookie sheets.If your Christmas season gets so hectic that you only have time to bake one batch of cookies, we suggest that this be the one you make. Traditional Rolled Sugar Cookies with a New Twist: Baking Powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup Butter 2 large Eggs, beaten 1/3 cup Milk 1 tsp. ![]() “A balanced diet is a Christmas cookie in each hand” Rolled Sugar Cookies Ingredients: 4 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” ![]() “Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” It’s something they will always remember. So put on the Christmas music, pull out the stand mixer, the rolling pin, and a set of little bowls and make some cookies with your family. Add the dry ingredients to wet in batches, until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together the remainder of cookie ingredients. Mix in eggs and extract until well-combined. Times Change but Traditions Don’t Have To… In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, using a hand mixer, or mixing with a wooden spoon, cream together butter and sugar. I used this powdered coloring made with vegetables. Unlike the cookies we made when we were young, we are skipping the artificial food dyes in favor of all natural vegetable dye food coloring. (<–affiliate link) The colors are beautiful and there are no worries about children consuming the nasty chemicals found in artificially enhanced food colorings. I may make a commission from sales but your price remains the same.) Traditional Rolled Sugar Cookies with a New Twist: So What is the Twist? This year I baked them with my daughters and two of my three grand children for the first time, but we added a little twist to the family tradition. I have no idea where the recipe originated but I remember my grandmother and mother making them and I did the same with my children when they were young. The recipe I am sharing today is the recipe my family has used for decades. Merry Christmas! When I was growing up we had a tradition of making rolled sugar cookies every Christmas. ![]() ![]() “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”-Burton Hills ![]()
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