Perfect Soft Sugar Cookies for Christmas

Perfect Soft Sugar Cookies for Christmas

Everyone will love these soft and chewy, festive Christmas Sugar Cookies! Easy to make into frosted sugar cookies, secret Kiss cookies, sprinkle cookies, and thumbprint cookies. Make a big batch of the best sugar cookies you'll ever eat!

5 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 12 mins

Total Time 22 mins

Course Dessert

Servings cookies

Calories 63 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

¾ cups butter softened
¼ cups shortening
1½ cups sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 large eggs
1½ teaspoons vanilla bean paste
2½ cups flour
1 box instant vanilla pudding
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cream together butter, shortening, and sugars with an electric or stand mixer, until the mixture is a light and fluffy paste.
Add in eggs and vanilla bean paste. Continue mixing until these are thoroughly incorporated.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, instant pudding mix, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time, mixing between additions until all the flour is incorporated.
Using a 1-tablespoon scoop, drop cookies onto the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until set and lightly golden brown around the edges.
Remove cookies from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

This base recipe can be made in 5 different ways. Because one batch makes about 6 dozen cookies, I like to split it among the following:

Basic sugar cookies (that's this recipe)
Frosted sugar cookies
Sprinkle cookies
Thumbprint cookies
Secret kiss cookies

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