Glazed Sugar Cookies

Name: Glazed Sugar Cookies
Yield: Makes 12 to 18 cookies (depending on the size of your cookie cutters)
Ingredients: 1½ cups (7½ ounces), all-purpose flour; ⅛ teaspoon, baking powder; ⅛ teaspoon, baking soda; ¼ teaspoon, table salt; 1 , large egg; ½ teaspoon, vanilla extract; ½ cup (3½ ounces), sugar; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and chilled (butter should be very cold!); 1⅓ cups (5⅓ ounces), confectioners’ (powdered) sugar; 2 tablespoons, milk; 1 tablespoon, cream cheese, softened; 1–2 drops, food coloring (optional); , Sanding sugar, sprinkles, crushed cookies, or candy

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For Kids & Families

Desserts or Baked Goods

The perfect holiday cookie, these glazed sugar cookies are a starting point for any young chef’s decorating dreams!

SERVESMakes 12 to 18 cookies (depending on the size of your cookie cutters)

TIME50 minutes, plus 2 hours chilling and cooling time

What Kids Are Saying“The best part for me was decorating the cookies, except eating them, of course.” —Christopher, recipe tester, age 8

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

These sugar cookies will make any young chef’s decorating dreams come true, and it all starts with the dough. Many sugar cookie recipes call for rolling out chilled dough, which can be a real challenge for kids (and adults)—but not this rec...

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