Four Christmas Cookies From One Basic Dough
Kitchen hack for holiday baking: make four Christmas cookies from one basic dough with this recipe. Prepare the dough ahead of time, freeze and bake later!
Servings 120
Ingredients
Basic Sugar Cookie Dough:
- 1 1/2 cups butter softened
- 2/3 cups shortening
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 3/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
Sugar Cookies:
- 2 cups basic sugar cookie dough
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups green buttercream frosting
- 2 tablespoon sprinkles
Chocolate Cookies:
- 2 cups basic sugar cookie dough
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips melted
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips melted for drizzle, optional
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies:
- 2 cups basic sugar cookie dough
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Peppermint Sugar Cookies:
- 2 cups basic sugar cookie dough
- 4 tablespoon crushed candy canes
- 2 tablespoon flour
- red food coloring optional
- 2 cups peppermint buttercream frosting optional
- 2 tablespoon crushed candy canes optional
Instructions
Basic Sugar Cookie Dough:
- In a large stand mixer, combine butter and shortening.
- Cream in the sugars until light in color and fluffier in texture about 2-3 minutes.
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
- Stir the flour mixture into the creamed sugars.
- Separate the dough into four bowls, about two cups in each bowl.
- Add the extra ingredients to each separate bowl following the instructions below.
- Scoop tablespoon sized balls of cookie dough.
- If making ahead of time, place the cookie dough balls in the freezer for a couple of hours, until firm, and then put into freezer bags or containers. Store in freezer until ready to use.
- If ready to bake immediately, skip placing the cookie dough balls in the freezer and bake right away. Since this recipe makes a large number of cookies, store the additional cookie dough in the fridge until ready to use.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 9-11 minutes (fresh dough or frozen).
Sugar Cookies:
- Scoop tablespoon sized balls of cookie dough, roll into balls and coat in granulated sugar.
- Cool and decorate with green buttercream frosting and sprinkles.
Chocolate Cookies:
- Mix the melted and cooled chocolate and the semi-sweet chocolate chips into the basic sugar cookie dough.
- Cool and drizzle with melted chocolate chips.
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies:
- Mix the white chocolate chips and dried cranberries into the basic sugar cookie dough.
Peppermint Sugar Cookies:
- Mix the crushed candy canes and flour into the basic sugar cookie dough. Add a couple of drops of red food coloring, if desired.
- Cool and decorate with peppermint buttercream and crushed candy canes.
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Notes
You substitute premade sugar cookie dough instead of making your own to make things even easier!
