Easiest Way to Make Delicious Santa's Favorite Sugar Cookie

Santa's Favorite Sugar Cookie. Christmas Sugar Cookies(aka Santa's favorite cookies) are soft sugar cutout cookies, festively decorated with sweet icing. This recipes checks all the boxes, making it the BEST Sugar Cookie Recipe ever! We call this easy sugar cookie recipe SANTA'S FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPE because it's simple, classic, fluffy, and delicious. **Please Note - The printable recipe card with detailed instructions, complete ingredient measurements, and nutritional information for making Santa's Favorite Sugar Cookie is available near the end of this post.

I mean, I can only assume these are Santa's Favorite Cookies. They sure as heck are some of mine! In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. You can have Santa's Favorite Sugar Cookie using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Santa's Favorite Sugar Cookie

1. Prepare 1 of Egg.
2. You need 3 cup of Flour.
3. You need 1/2 tsp of Almond extract.
4. You need 2 tsp of Baking powder.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of Vanilla extract.
6. You need 1 1/3 cup of Granulated sugar.
7. It's 1 cup of Softened butter.

Add baking powder and flour one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. If so, add dashes of warm water and mix until dough starts to adhere. How to make Santa's Favorite Cookie Recipe: Step one: Prepare a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray or parchment paper. Step two: Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Santa's Favorite Sugar Cookie step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375..
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in egg and extracts. Add baking powder and flour one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. Dough may be crumbly. If so, add dashes of warm water and mix until dough starts to adhere. Using hands, bunch dough into a stiff ball. Do NOT chill dough. Flour a surface and rolling pin well..
3. Divide dough in half. Roll each half about 1/8 inch thick..
4. Bake cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet for about 8 min. (I like mine a little under done).
5. Decorate as desired!.
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I used a stand mixer to do this but you can use a hand mixer as well. Make sure to scrape down the sides as needed. Santa's Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies, an easy to make chocolate chip cookie recipe that brings smiles to young & old. The perfect recipe for Christmas Eve! For as long as I can remember we have spent Christmas Eve baking goodies.