Here we are, week 12. Which means that Christmas is just around the corner. Are you ready? Me, not quite yet, but I am getting there. I have been listening to the Indie Holiday station on Pandora and humming Christmas tunes for the last few days. And making cookies. Lots and lots of cookies.
These cookies would be perfect to leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve. They have everything that the man in red could want in a cookie. Crispy outside, soft inside, and lots of sparkle from a generous roll in coarse sugar. And if I drank milk, I believe that these would be worthy of a dunk.
And if this little piece of candy cane striped heaven doesn’t get you in the holiday spirit, I just don’t know what will. He might not admit that I am his mother one day for sharing this picture, but I love it so much that I couldn’t help myself.
4 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla
coarse sugar
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Beat butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
With the mixer running, slowly pour in the oil.
Add both sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
Add the flour mixture a quarter at a time.
Mix until the flour is just incorporated.
Cover and chill for one hour, or overnight. Or even a few days.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pour coarse sugar or sprinkles into small bowls.
Scoop balls with an ice cream scoop. Roll into balls and roll completely in sugar.
Place dough 3 inches apart, flatten slightly, and bake for 15 minutes.
The middles will seem a little soft, but they will harden when they cool. Cool on the sheet for 5 minutes, then move to a wire rack and cool completely.
This recipe is adapted from Piece of Cake: Home Baking Made Simple and sponsored by Gold Medal Flour.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla
- coarse sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Beat butter in the bowl of an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Slowly pour in oil while the mixer is running. Add sugar, powdered sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Slowly add the flour mixture, mix until flour disappears. Chill for one hour, or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop with a 1 Tablespoon ice cream and roll into balls. Roll balls in coarse sugar and place on baking sheet 3 inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges begin to brown. Cool for 5 minutes on baking sheets and cool completely on wire racks.
I am Bree. I love to cook. Even more than I love to take pictures.
1. LOVE the Indie Holidays station on Pandora. It’s been my background music every day for the past two weeks now.
2. Your little one, in those adorable candy cane PJs? I DIE.
3. These cookies look almost too good to eat! Almost.
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1. It is the only holiday music that I can really tolerate.
2. Me too. I could not resist those even though I knew he would look ridiculous.
3. thank you! these taste really good too. Sometimes there is a disconnect between pretty cookies and taste.
Oh my goodness Clay is getting big! Super cute pic of him in his Christmas pjs.
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way. too. big.
These are lovely. I think I will make them for the Christmas cookie exchange
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these are perfect for an exchange!
ohmygoodness those stripey PJs!!!! LOVE
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Gonna try these soon. How many will this recipe make? Thanks.
a lot. Depends on how big you make them. About 36.
I bookmarked these to make very very soon! For some reason I’m partial to the sugar with all the colors in it. I just love it! Thanks for sharing
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Me too! Love sprinkles and sugars and have way too many of them!
Beautiful! I am loving all the Christmas cookies everywhere! And I adore your son’s pjs, I want them in my size!
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me too! I think that it will be the last year that I will be able to convince him to wear things that like.
These are the best sugar cookies I’ve ever had. They’re light, crisp and really yummy!!!
WOW! Thank you!
Oh my gosh Bree, those are so beautiful looking.
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thank you Karen!
thank you! These were fun to make.
These are cute and I love the cookies with the multicolored sprinkles.
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thank you! they taste really good too.
Bree, I made these cookies and they’re really flattening out on the sides. Any thoughts? They’re cute and saucery except the outsides that are sort of flat.
I really don’t know… Mine had a bit of a hump in the middle when I took them out of the oven, and they flattened out when they cooled.