Let's Make Cookies!Baking and decorating Christmas cookies is a fun holiday tradition I've always enjoyed! Using a great recipe passed down from my grandmother, the tradition continues...
Cream: 2 1/2 cubes butter and 2 cups sugar
Add: 2 eggs
Sift: 5 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Add flour to sugar mixture, adding 1/2 cup milk as you stir.
Chill for approximately one hour
Roll & Cut
Bake @ 375 degrees, 8-10 minutes
Let cool and have fun DECORATING!!
{this recipe makes a lot of cookies...cut in half for a reasonable number}
Roll
Cut
Bake
We mixed up a bright selection of frosting...
...and made certain there was a fun collection of sprinkles.
Let the decorating begin!
My favorite.
A rather unorthodox & creative interpretation of a gingerbread man...uh, lady.
Hey, no snacking on the job!
Dig in, everyone gets a sample!
What festivities do you have in store for the week?
22 comments:
So so much fun! They are all so bright and colorful.. exactly what a Christmas cookie should be!
Beautiful Cookies!! I love holiday baking too,and I love large batch recipe! Thank you!
Yum! SO cute and festive too! Nothing I love more then baking with my daughter. Can't wait to make our own cookies!
This looks like so much fun to do! I bet your kids loved it!
Too fun - but i have a quick question -- how much is exactly a "cube" of butter? Do you mean a stick or a cup?
Just curious....
Thanks!
How fun!! You are such a good Mom!! they really did a great job, It is hard to decorate cookies like that, I am impressed! This week I will do a little shopping and I am taking my Mom and BFF to a poinsettia farm and out to lunch,should be fun, can't wait to see all the poinsettias!
Have a great week sweetie,
Merry Christmas
Kathysue♥
Yes, a Stick...should have written that! The old recipe card I have says "cube"...interesting.
Thanks for asking, Janell
Love it! Can you share your frosting recipe too??
The cookies are beautiful! I love baking this time of year. YUM!
Those cookies are adorable. I can't wait to bake with my kids. I think I used your recipe last year (I'm almost positive you posted it) and it was great.
So fun and so cute!
How fun! I love to make Christmas cookies, it is a tradition we do as well!
How yummy and I could eat about 4 of those right about now! Cookie baking is a fun tradition at Christmas time. You have a couple of very artistic kids!
Janell, those cookies are the "sweetest" !! - no pun intended :)
I use to love making cookies with my kids. You brought back some great memories. They look adorable!
Baking sugar cookies is a childhood tradition of mine too! I am having my 4th annual holiday decorating playdate tomorrow after school with my children and their friends. Can't wait to show them your cookies! What a "sweet" traditon for your family. Much love during the holiday season.
What a treat for you and your kids...the perfect way to celebrate the Season together!!
Mmmm....love the colours :) Would be hard to resist.
THOSE are my faves....did the, for years and years with the kidlets!
YUM!
That is a great selection of cookies in various colors...a great family tradition and recipe to pass on.
i've been craving iced sugar cookies. thanks for the recipe, i'll probably be making these this weekend!
I made 4 batches of cookie dough last weekend and I cant WAIT to bake and decorate them this Saturday- it is my most favorite Christmas activity. Ok, well all Christmas activities are my favorite, but I am really looking forward to this one!
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