Tis the Season to Bake! Christmas Cookie Recipe
Are you ever bored at home, craving a sugary snack? No need to run to the store. Whether you’re with friends or alone, it’s the season to warm the house and bake up some sugary treats. Better yet, there’s no need to take a risk on an overly-complicated recipe, since we tried out these sugar cookies for you!

Here’s how to make some festive, delicious cookies. The ingredients you will need are: all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, teaspoon salt, granulated sugar, cream cheese, butter, egg, vanilla, milk, and sprinkles.
First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. You will mix two and a half cups of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, a half teaspoon of baking soda, and a half teaspoon of salt in a bowl. Then, set the bowl of dry ingredients to the side because the mixture will be needed for later in the recipe.
Next, get out another bowl and beat together one and a half cups of granulated sugar, one package of softened cream cheese, and a half cup of butter. Mix all of these ingredients with an electric mixer; remember, do this in a separate bowl from the dry ingredients. Next, crack and drop in two eggs and two teaspoons of vanilla and continue to mix. When you are finished mixing all of the ingredients, take the first mixture in the bowl that was previously set aside, and gradually add the first mixture in with the second mixture. It is very important that you mix the new mixture with a spoon, not an electric mixer. The mixture will start to harden and look a lot like store bought cookie dough. Once you have finished, cover the bowl and put it in the fridge.

Let the dough cool for fifteen minutes. While the dough is cooling, it is time to make the frosting. First, beat two and a half cups of powdered sugar, and mix it with one-fourth cup of softened butter, 3 tablespoons of milk, and a half teaspoons of vanilla. Then, mix the ingredients with a spoon until the frosting is soft with no chunks of butter in it.
Once you are finished with the frosting, take the dough out from the fridge. Roll the dough into balls that are the size of a ping pong ball. Then, place the balls equally apart from each other (a couple inches) on a cookie sheet and place them into the preheated oven. Bake for ten to fifteen minutes, and then let the cookies cool for fifteen minutes. Finally, take a knife and icing the cookies with the frosting that was made before, an add any extra Christmas cookie decorations. For my choice of decoration, I choose red sprinkles, but feel free to add whatever you want.
I hope you plan to use this recipe this holiday season, and that you enjoy
making the cookies as much as you will eating them!


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Looks delicious!!! Great read!!!!!