101 Days of Christmas: Sugar Cookies

source: Mandi Ehman

My original plan was to present you with a plate overflowing with sugar cookies in a variety of shapes and colors…and then I forgot about them and burnt them to a crisp. Oops.

We were able to salvage these seven cookies, though, and the show must go on!

Sugar cookies are versatile (more on various ways to make/decorate them coming soon!), fun to make and even more fun to eat. And really, they’re so simple and easy too. I’ve always used the Pampered Chef sugar cookie recipe, which you’ll find below.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Mix flour and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla. Slowly add flour mixture mixing until well blended.

Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.

When ready, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Fill cookie press with dough and carefully press the dough onto a cookie sheet or baking stone.

Decorate with sugar crystals or sprinkles.

Bake 12-14 minutes or until edges are light brown. Let cool on cookie sheet or stone for 3 minutes and then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Click here to add this recipe to your Plan to Eat account.

Join us as we celebrate 101 Days of Christmas with new DIY projects, gift ideas, traditions and more every day from now through Christmas!

	Mandi Ehman is the founder and publisher behind Life Your Way as well as a wife and homeschooling mom to four beautiful girls. She lives with her family on a little slice of heaven in wild, wonderful West Virginia and loves coffee, chocolate, easy meals, beautiful things and minimalist spaces.