These are refrigerated dough, molded Christmas cookies. You will need cookie molds, unless you want to save time and make “monsters”. They are delicious either way! This recipe is easily doubled, and chidlren love to help. You can use silicone baking mats or parchment paper on cooky sheets to make clean-up easier when finished baking.
- ⏲️ Prep time: at least 1 1/2 hours to allow dough to chill
- 🍳 Cook time: about 8 minutes per cooky sheet
- 🍽️ Servings: 4 dozen 3" cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter (NOT margarine), softened to room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cupps all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp butter extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt (optional)
- decorator colored sugar in shakers to top cookies before baking
Directions
- Mix thoroughly butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla and butter extract.
- Blend in flour, baking powder and salt (if using).
- Cover with foil; chill at least an hour.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough 1/4" thick on lightly floured board or clean countertop.
- Cut dough into desired shapes with cooky cutters and place on ungreaed cooky sheet. Sprinkle tops of each cooky with colored decorator sugar.
- Bake about 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown. cookies do not need to be refridgerated after baking.