Christmas Sugar Cookies. These classic Christmas sugar cookie recipes include gluten-free cookies, vanilla-bean sugar cookies, citrus sugar cookies, and cut-out Christmas cookies. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Dress them up with a drizzle of tinted white chocolate or dip them in white chocolate, then sprinkle with crushed candy canes.

Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight). In a bowl, stir together flour and baking powder. In another bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy and light. You can have Christmas Sugar Cookies using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Christmas Sugar Cookies

You need 2 Cups of Butter (NOT margarine).
It's 2 Cups of Sugar (granulated).
It's 4 Teaspoons of Baking Powder.
You need 2 Teaspoons of Baking Soda.
Prepare 2 Teaspoons of Vanilla.
Prepare 4 of Eggs.
Prepare 1/3 of Milk (add more or less depending on humidity to form a soft dough).
Prepare 6 Cups of All Purpose Flour.

Sugar cookies, like Christmas butter cookies, are an excellent foundation for any cookie tray. I've got plenty of great recipes to fill out the rest of the tray. Two of my favorites are polar bear paws candy with their caramel and peanut centers and Reindeer noses, which are just as cute as they are yummy. You need confectioners' sugar, water, vanilla extract, and a touch of corn syrup.

Christmas Sugar Cookies step by step

Cream room temperature butter and sugar..
Add all other ingredients except flour and mix well..
Stir in flour. Mix well but work the dough as little as possible. Over mixing makes cookies hard or tough..
Option 1 - Put dough into a cookie press and press onto cookie sheet. Bake at 400 until firm but try to remove before edges start to turn brown..
Option 2 - Place large handful of dough on floured surface. Roll to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut out with cookie cutters. Place cookies on cookie sheet and bake at 350 until edges barely begin to turn light brown..
Let cookies cool completely and then frost and decorate..
Tip: If you prefer a soft cookie, place cookies in a sealed container (or even a zip lock) and place a piece of white bread in the container (two for a larger container). This makes all the difference in the world for all cookies I have made! If you prefer a crisper cookie you can leave the cookies in for an extra minute and do not use the bread..

The corn syrup makes the icing nice and shiny, while the ratio of confectioners' sugar to water keeps it thick. The icing dries hard and slightly crunchy, so you can easily stack these Christmas sugar cookies and travel with them. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. 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.