CLASSIC CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPES RECIPES

These cookies are very pretty, and tasty. Look great on gift trays during the holidays, with the green and red. If you don't like cherries used sweetened dried cranberries.

Provided by Cindy Carnes

Categories     Desserts    Fruit Desserts    Cranberry Dessert Recipes

Yield 2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 427.4 calories, CarbohydrateContent 53.2 g, CholesterolContent 58.1 mg, FatContent 21.5 g, FiberContent 2.8 g, ProteinContent 5.8 g, SaturatedFatContent 12 g, SodiumContent 122.3 mg, SugarContent 29.2 g

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. This is the kind of sugar cookie that generations of bakers have relied on, with a buttery texture and just-right tenderness. 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. It sets up nicely and is ideal for decorating, tinting well and spreading easily. 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. 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. When it’s time to decorate, you have a blank canvas to indulge your style and creativity. 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. 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.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes

Prep Time 1 hours 0 minutes

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 65 , CarbohydrateContent 9 g, CholesterolContent 10 mg, FatContent 1/2 , FiberContent 0 g, ProteinContent 1 g, SaturatedFatContent 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, SodiumContent 40 mg