Mini Christmas Sugar Cookies
These delicious mini Christmas sugar cookies are the perfect festive holiday cookie recipe topped with buttercream frosting and candy sprinkles.
Servings: 60 Bite-Size Cookies
Calories: 103kcal
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies
- 2 ⅔ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon corn syrup
Buttercream Frosting
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 3 tablespoon milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- Red, green, and gold sugar candy sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Sugar Cookies
- In a large bowl, using an eclectic mixer, cream butter and sugar together until creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Beat egg, vanilla and corn syrup into mixture until combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
- Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix.
- Using a ½ inch cookie scoop, place rounded cookie dough on the prepared baking sheet.
- Gently press each cookie down a bit.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cookies sit on the baking sheet for a couple minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, frost cookies.
Buttercream Frosting
- In a medium mixing bowl, cream butter, milk and vanilla together. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Frost cookies, then sprinkle with festive holiday sprinkles.
- Let the frosting setup then place cookies in a container for storing and place parchment paper in between the layers.
Notes
- Cream your softened butter until it's light, airy, and creamy for both the cookies and the frosting for the best texture.
- Lightly spoon your flour into your measuring cup and level with a knife to avoid compacting the flour and using too much.
- Remove your cookies from the oven after 8 or 9 minutes. They will look underdone. However, carrying over cooking time from the pan will help them bake to perfection.
- Your cookies MUST be fully cooled before you add the frosting. Otherwise, it will melt on contact and won't stick to the cookies.
- Mix your cookie dough until just combined and no further. This helps limit gluten formation and keeps the cookies as soft as possible.
Nutritional values are approximate.
Please note that these values can change with different brands and any modifications made to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements.
Recipe adapted from my Mini Sugar Cookies with M$Ms
Nutrition
Calories: 103kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 13mg | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Calcium: 5mg