This Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe is a must-have in your kitchen this holiday season. I know, I know, everyone claims to have the best sugar cookie recipe, but I can promise you, you’ll keep coming back to the recipe over and over again! This cookie has just the right amount of sugar and is perfectly soft. That’s what is important to me about a sugar cookie, the softness.
I created this Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe by combining a few recipes I’ve used in the past and adding ingredients that I feel are a must in every cookie. I don’t mean to brag, but I am known for making delicious cookies of every kind. My grandfather was a professional baker and he gave me all the tips I needed for a flawless cookie. I even beat him in a cookie baking contest once when I was 12… (My grandmother was the judge so it might have been a little skewed) Anyhow, since then I have received many compliments on this cookie recipe.
Bread flour is unbleached flour made from a special blend of wheat higher in protein than the wheat used in all-purpose flour. Protein produces gluten, which gives the desired loftiness or chewiness required in products like bread and cookies. I use bread flour in most of my cookie recipes. It’s my “secret” ingredient! Bread flour makes a perfectly chewy cookie. (The only times I don’t use bread flour is when the cookie is more like a cake ex. pumpkin cookies) THIS is my favorite brand of bread flour.
I love the rough edges on these cookies. They give the cookie a homemade, simple look. I make these cookies year-round and decorate them for any occasion I might need. If I don’t have an occasion, I will either leave them white or add food coloring to the icing. You can also roll this dough out for shapes. Read the instructions as the cooking times are different for shapes vs. round cookies.
Making sugar cookies during this time of year is a fun tradition for our family. Try these festive cookies for any party or family get together and it’ll become a staple recipe in your home for years to come.
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Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup Vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 5 1/2 cup bread flour
Frosting
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
Holiday Decorations
- 1 package mini M&M's
- 1 tube black icing
Instructions
Cookie Dough
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, vegetable oil, sugar, powdered sugar, and water. Add in eggs and lemon juice. Mix until combined.
- Slowly add in flour mixture until combined.
- Roll the dough into 2 inch sized balls onto a nonstick cookie sheet.
- Add the rough edge by dipping the bottom of a glass into regular sugar and flatten the cookie. The cookie should be about 1/2 an inch thick.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes.
- Cool on a rack before icing.
Buttercream Icing
- Cream together the butter and powdered sugar.
- Add the vanilla and milk. Cream together until smooth.
Holiday Decorations
- Add black icing and mini M&M's to cookie
Shaped Sugar Cookies
- You can use this recipe to make sugar cookies into shapes. I made them about 1/2 inch thick and baked them for 7 minutes.