Happy Holidays everyone! One of the best memories I have growing up is cooking holiday cookies with my mom and sister. We would spend all day in the kitchen cooking all sorts of holiday treats, including sugar cookies. We would then package the goodies up in little tin containers and give to our teachers/friends/neighbors, etc! I absolutely loved this tradition and looked forward to it every year.
This year, I wanted to share my mom’s SECRET sugar cookie recipe with you all! It took some convincing getting my mom to 1) give me the recipe and allow me to share it with ya’ll and 2) get her to be on camera haha! But, in the end, she agreed!
Kristina’s ‘Most Delicious’ Sugar Cookies with Glaze
Ingredients:
· 2/3 cup shortening
· 2 sticks of butter, softened
· 1 ½ cup sugar
· 2 eggs
· 2 tsp. vanilla
· 3 ½ cup all-purpose flour
· 2 tsp. baking powder
· 1 tsp. salt
Glaze:
· 1 cup powdered sugar
· 1 tbsp. light corn syrup
· 2 tbsp. water
· ¼ tsp. almond extract
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine shortening, butter, and sugar in a large mixing bowl (wet ingredients). Cream together with a mixer until smooth.
3. With a spoon, stir in eggs and vanilla.
4. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl (dry ingredients).
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix with a spoon until combined.
6. Roll the cookie dough into small balls and place onto a greased cookie sheet OR use a rolling pin to flatten the dough and cookie cutters to create holiday-themed cookies
7. Cook for 10-12 minutes or until slightly golden on top
Glaze:
1. Stir all ingredients together in a microwave safe bowl.
2. Microwave 30 seconds at a time until mixture has a smooth, glossy finish. In between each 30 seconds, stir well.
3. Lightly pour over the sugar cookies once completed cooked and cooled for a shiny finish.
I hope you guys enjoyed this recipe! It was so fun to be able to share this with you all. Do you have any holiday traditions? Any baking traditions or certain foods you only make around the holidays?
I linked some of the products used to make this recipe below! Thanks for reading and sharing! -A
