Cutout Sugar Cookies

Every December, our kitchen transforms into a merry chaos of flour clouds, rolling pins, bowls of vibrant icing, and sprinkles! It’s a tradition as old as I can remember—our annual family cutout Christmas cookie extravaganza. No holiday season feels complete without the sweet aroma of these sugar cookies baking in the oven and the joyful mess of decorating that follows.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookie, cookies, cookies, cut out cookies, sugar cookies, Desserts

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 1 30

Decorating: 1

Servings: servings

Calories: 84kcal

Equipment

1 Mixing bowl
1 Mixer
1 Rolling Pin
1 Cookie Cutters
1 Baking sheet
1 Measuring spoons
1 Measuring cups
1 Spatula

Ingredients

1¼ cup Butter soft
2 large Eggs
2 cups Sugar
1 tsp Salt
4 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Nutmeg
5 cups Flour
½ cup Milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and beat until fluffy.
Stir in the dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk.
To roll the dough, generously sprinkle flour on your work surface. Coat your hands in flour. Take a handful of dough and make a nice smooth ball.
You will need to coat the rolling pin with flour and lightly sprinkle flour on top of the dough to prevent sticking. Using the rolling pin, roll out the dough until it is about ¼ - ⅜ inch thick. Rolling the dough thinner will create a crispier cookie and thicker will create softer fluffier cookie.
Cut with cookie cutters, place them on an ungreased baking sheet, and bake for 10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are starting to turn a golden brown.
Pick up the remaining dough, create another ball, and cut out more cookies. Continue using flour to help prevent the dough from sticking. Repeat this process until all of the dough has been cut out and baked.
Frost cookies with your preferred frosting recipe. Store in an airtight container. They freeze well too.

Notes

Flour is used to prevent sticking when handling and rolling the cookies out. The flour should not be worked into the dough.

Rolling the dough thinner will create a crispier cookie and thicker will create softer fluffier cookie.

You can add sprinkles to the cookies prior to baking or once the cookies are baked and cooled, you can frost them with your favorite frosting and add sprinkles if desired.

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