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Santa will be begging you for more if you leave these Christmas Sugar Cookies out for him to nibble on this Christmas!

Adapted from cakescottage.com

So. Sugar cookies. Best Sugar cookies ever.
Usually I feel a little weird saying “the best” or “the best ever” I hear it/see it a lot, and I tend to reserve for the BEST. That being said, I feel totally and utterly confident that these Christmas sugar cookies are, in fact, the best. These cookies are perfect for a last minute treat, or maybe to make to leave out for Santa.

Do you guys leave cookies out for Santa?

Growing up, we celebrated Christmas, but we didn’t really do the whole Santa thing. 🙂 Because, Santa was supposed to come down the chimney, not through the our house back door, eat milk and cookies that Mom left for him, and bring us a presents on Christmas morning. I so vividly remember checking the cookie bowl as soon as I woke up to see if he really did eat them, and I would get SO giddy when I saw that he did (usually our dad).
It felt so magical to me!

There are certain holiday traditions that most people follow, but the thing that makes each family unique is the traditions that they have created on their own. Perhaps, these Christmas sugar cookies become your new Christmas tradition.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE Christmas Sugar Cookies

(This section includes ingredient notes and substitution options. Get all measurements, ingredients, and instructions in the printable recipe card at the Next Page of this post)
all purpose ﬂour
baking soda
baking powder
softened butter
white sugar
egg
vanilla extract
sprinkles of your choice

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Sugar Cookie Decorating Tips:

Flattening the dough balls into simple circular sugar cookies is by far the easiest.

Yet you could roll out the dough and cut into cookie shapes, just use cookie cutters of your choice. I like to go with Christmas trees or candy cane shapes.

Instead of using sprinkles to make these decorated cookies with festive sprinkles, you could also dip the dough into crushed candy canes.

While you can decorate these cookies with your favourite royal icing, you’ll see I’ve opted for just sprinkles.

Not only for ease, but to show that a festive look can be obtained with little effort or skill needed.

If you do frost these cookies, make sure to use a piping bag and pipe around the edges of the cookies first.

This requires two batches of sugar cookie icing made at just the right consistency to do both.