Santa makes a lot of stops through the night. He will appreciate a little taste to keep him going. This Sugar Cookie is my mom’s recipe. A dash of nutmeg makes it taste like egg nog. She made these cookies for every holiday, but Christmas was her favorite. She would invite all of my cousins for a Christmas cookie cutting EVENT! This cookie makes a great gift becuase it stays fresh in a cookie tin for about a week. The dough can be frozen up to a month. Just set it in the refrigerator the day before you want to roll them out for baking.
Tools & Ingredients:
- Rolling Pin
- Pastry Mat
- Wilton Mini Cookie Cutters, you can get these at Target, Walmart, or BBB
- Cookie Sheets
- Cooling Racks
- Stand Mixer or Handheld
- Whisk
- Silicone Spatula – Mix N Scraper is my favorite size
- Parchment Paper or Silicon Baking Mat
- 1 1/4 cup Room Temperature Butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar, spooned and leveled
- 2 eggs
- 5 cups flour, spooned and leveled
- 4 tsp Clabber Girl baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 heaping tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
- Cream Butter and Sugar, then add eggs and beat until smooth
- In a separate container, whisk the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt.
- Add flour mixture in two portions to the sugar & butter alternating with the milk scraping down sides as needed with the spatula
Rolling out the Dough
Refrigerate the dough at least 30 minutes in Saran Wrap. Roll on a floured pastry mat to approximately 1/4 inch thick. I use a criss cross X-style pattern to roll them out.
Have your cookie sheets ready and prepared. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F. (177 C)
Cut out the cookies to your favorite shapes. I recommend keeping the size similar on each baking sheet to bake evenly. Only bake one sheet at a time 8 minutes each. Set a timer. Larger cookies can bake about 9 1/2 min before they begin to turn brown.
Making the small cookies lets me just have a taste of what I want, and it helps me keep the calorie count down. #eatlessmovemoreprayalot. If you make these cookies be sure to tag me @jennskitchenblog on IG and Facebook. #jennskitchenblog #jwrkitchen
Merry Christmas & Happy Baking!
