These straightforward cut-out cookies are a German Christmas tradition. Children especially enjoy helping to cut out various shapes, then decorating and devouring these tasty cookies that maintain their shape.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Servings: | 30 |
| Yield: | 30 cookies |
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 1 individual packet vanilla sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice, or more if needed
- 1 drop assorted food coloring (Optional)
- 1 (1.75 ounce) package multicolored candy sprinkles, or as desired (Optional)
Instructions
- Combine 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter, white sugar, vanilla sugar, and egg in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Mix flour and baking powder together. Beat into the butter mixture on low speed until dough becomes crumbly. Work dough crumbles with your hands into a smooth dough and place into a sealable container. Refrigerate until chilled, 1 to 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface and cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Pick up all the left over dough, press together into a ball, and repeat the rolling and cutting out process until all the dough is used up.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before carefully removing to a wire rack with a knife or thin spatula to cool completely.
- Mix confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice until glaze has a smooth and spreadable consistency. Add more lemon juice if you like a thinner glaze. Add food coloring if you like. Brush frosting on cooled cookies and add chocolate sprinkles or sugar sprinkles if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 92 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 43 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is a good receipt for using cookie cutters! Is also not a super sweet cookie which I like!
I Loved it and made it for my German Class