Italian Christmas Cookies

The best quick and easy 10 ingredient sugar cookie recipe for Christmas. These Italian Christmas Cookies are soft and have a classic sugar cookie taste you'll love this holiday season.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword Christmas Sugar Cookies, italian cookies

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 13

Total Time 28

Servings cookies

Calories 151kcal

Author Jessica (swankyrecipes.com)

Ingredients

¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1½ sticks
1⅓ cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
3 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract could also use lemon extract or zest/juice
3¾ cup all-purpose flour
1 tbsp cornstarch
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt

Glaze

2 cups powdered confectioners' sugar
2 tbsp cold water
2 tsp almond extract
Christmas sprinkles or jimmies

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Instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
In a bowl fit with a mixer, cream butter, and sugar on high until light and fluffy; about 5 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until incorporated. Beat in vanilla and almond extract.
Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients, alternating with milk. Beat until incorporated.
Cover bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
Dough will be sticky. Use a cookie scoop to scoop dough onto baking sheets or simply use a tablespoon to scoop dough. TIP: If scoop gets sticky, dip it into a bowl of powdered sugar between scoops. Space cookies 1 inch apart.
Bake in oven for 13-15 minutes or until edges are slightly golden.
Allow to cool. Transfer to a cooling rack.
TIP: Pat the tops of the cookies after baking with a flat spatula to decrease the puffiness if desired. This makes it easier to frost and sprinkle.
In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, water, and almond extract. Whisk until smooth.
Use a spoon to add glaze to each cookie over a cookie rack. Top with sprinkles.

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