Each year, my wife Sarah spends many hours in the kitchen baking for her annual Christmas cookie boxes. She includes old favourites as well as a new recipe or two each year. Are you looking for new ideas for your holiday baking? Here are links for all the cookies and squares she included in this year’s Christmas cookie boxes., plus her Cut Out Sugar Cookie recipe too.
Copycat Starbucks Oat Fudge Bars
Cut Out Sugar Cookies
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt (add 1/4 tsp instead if using salted butter)
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment paper on cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven until edges are just barely touched by brown. Cool completely before icing.
For gorgeous royal icing, follow this royal icing method from SemiSweet Designs.