On the TWELFTH day of Christmas, The Kids Did It brought to you …Sugar Cookies! We know it’s less than two weeks and Christmas and we also know that you may not have a lot of time to spend hours in the kitchen baking. I love semi-homemade cooking and so does Sandra Lee! These super easy sugar cookies let you use store bought cookies but uses a homemade icing. If you’d like to bake your own try Olivia’s recipe for Spiced Sugar Cookies!
Click here for fun cookie cutter shapes!
There is no exact science to this recipe. No exact measurements. that being said it is pretty fool-proof. I’ve made this dozens of times and it’s always been delicious!
Ingredients:
- 2-3 dozed sugar cookies, any kind you like, completely cooled
- 4 tablespoons (half a stick) butter or margarine, melted
- 1-2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract (imitation can be used, but the flavor is better with the real thing)
- 2lb bag of powdered sugar (you probably won’t use the entire bag)
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
- food coloring (optional)
Instructions:
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt your butter.
- Once melted, add vanilla. I usually just dump some in straight from the bottle, but a good guess-timation would be about two tablespoons. It will turn your butter a golden brown, that should be plenty! Gently whisk together.
- Start adding the powdered sugar by the quarter cup.
- Continue adding sugar and whisking together.
- Once it starts getting thick add milk, a tablespoon at a time. This will also smooth the icing out.
- Continue adding sugar and whisking until you get a consistency similar to toothpaste. You should have a lovely golden off-white color.
- Add a few drops of food coloring, if you like. Whisk until combined.
- Generously frost each cookie.
Notes:
This frosting does not get hard, like royal icing, but it does get stiff. I recommend using wax paper in between layers of cookies when storing them in an air-tight containers. Have fun with the frosting! We often separate the icing and color it a few different colors to make the cookies look like Easter eggs, or Christmas ornaments. We have also done Easter chicks, Shamrocks, hearts, balloons and monsters. It’s also fun to use to decorate gingerbread kids, or any other cut out you can think of! You can also easily double (or triple) this recipe for any amount of cookies you need to ice.
For some reason I always have a hard time with the icing. This sounds like a great recipe and an easy way to make cookies. Thank you so much for sharing this. God Bless
I’m going to try making this with my daughter. Thank you for sharing.
My youngest daughter loves pink everything, and she would really enjoy making and decorating these cookies with me. š
I had no idea that there were so many different cookie cutters! Itās Easter time soon and I was looking for a yummy cookie recipe when I found this one. The word homemade caught my attention, because I like to make homemade food especially for the holidays. I know these cookies will be a yummy hit! My grandkids love frosting & like the recipe says – I will be applying a generous amount of it on each cookie šŖThis recipe was pin worthy. Thank you for sharing and have a blessed holiday!!
This is looking good and tasty
These look great! The kids and I will have a fun time making these. Thanks for sharing.
I have such a weakness for frosted sugar cookies! These look absolutely delicious! I’m saving this recipe so I can make some ASAP!
I’m always looking for new cookie recipes to make with my granddaughters.
Awesome recipe! My kids and I always make sugar cookies for Christmas but these sound way easier!
Cookies are my thing! I missed making sugar cookies now that i am busy! Will be making a batch this Christmas! Thanks.
Yum This looks good and easy to make. I love cookie recipes. Sugar cookies are my favorite.
They look so delicious and easy to make.Thanks for the recipe.
WIll have to try this out. Kids love sugar cookies!
Thanks for the icing recipe! I think I’ll try this this year.
These are perfect for Christmas cookies!!! Bookmarking this recipe! Thanks!
We are always looking for different treats to prepare the grand kids…and me!
Incredible! I cant wait to get started on this. My family can be hard to impress, but I have a feeling this dessert will be met with amazement!
Thank you for sharing this! It looks absolutely incredible! I cant wait to try it.
These are really beautiful frosted sugar cookies you’ve made! We make cookies during the holidays, and sugar cookies are one of the easiest to make for us. We’ve never frosted them, but these look so good that we’ll be trying this out. Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you for sharing this recipe. My grandkids would love for me to make these.
We love sugar cookies! This is a great recipe, the kids love decorating them. I love that they are semi-homemade too. Thanks for sharing!
Looks good, I will have to try this, thanks.
These sugar cookies look and sound delicious. Sugar cookies just happen to be one of my favorite types of cookies, will definitely be trying this recipe.
the cookies are looking good and then i would love to have them
These look pretty simple to make. Thank you for the recipe. My grandkids would love these.
These look really good. I love cookies with frosting on top.
This is my favorite coOpie hands down.
My kids will have so much fun helping me make these. What memories!
I love sugar cookies. I put chocolate chips in mine and they are so delicious. Get a cold glass of milk a couple of these cookies and you are all set.
With the holidays coming right up, these recipes will be coming in very handy. Thanks for the great directions on some delicious treats.
Sugar cookies are one of my favorites, that and oatmeal cookies. These look and sound delicious. Thank you for sharing.
These look delicious, and so much fun! Thanks for sharing.
Trust me, I would eat these any time of the year and so would my grandchildren!
These look so good, and pretty too! I love how easy they are to make, this definitely looks like something I could make with my daughter!
what a nifty idea!!! It never occurred to me to try this, everything I’ve done has been from scratch, and then you often just don’t have time. I’d like to try this!! To me the fun part is doing the frosting and decorating, anyway!
Looks super delicious! We love sugar cookies in our house.
These look like great sugar cookies. Thanks for the recipe. They look delicious!
This is great. They remeninds me of Cristsmas of old.
These sugar cookies look delicious! Thank you for the frosting recipe!!
love the traditional sugar cookie! Even better with frosting.
Yum! Looks like an easy to follow recipe I may have to try this one for our Santa cookies.
This sounds great! Just wanted to know if you have made it in advance and if so how did you store it? Thanks!
ooh–these look so good–i could go for one right now! Thanks for the recipe..
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