Frosted Christmas Sugar Cookies
Who can resist sprinkles cookies around the holidays? I sure can’t. I especially can’t resist them when they’re frosted with cream cheese frosting. These Christmas cookies with icing and sprinkles are easy and there’s no rolling or cutting out involved. Major time savers which is so nice when we’re all so busy around the holidays. The cookies are super soft and buttery with tender, pillowy centers. The dough base is adapted from a recipe I shared years ago. I love it because the cookies just melt in your mouth. They remind of Lofthouse or bakery soft frosted cookies, but way better. I opted for cream cheese frosting because in my book it’s at the top of the frosting food chain. You’ll likely have a little extra, but that’s what spoons are for. Or you can keep it for weeks in the fridge for your next baking project.
Ingredients in Frosted Christmas Cookies
To make the Christmas sugar cookies, you’ll need:
Unsalted butter Granulated sugar Light brown sugar Egg Heavy cream Vanilla extract All-purpose flour Baking soda Salt
And to make the frosting for the Christmas cookies, you’ll need:
Cream cheese Unsalted butter Confectioners’ sugar Salt Sprinkles
How to Make Frosted Christmas Cookies
These Christmas cookies with frosting come together much like any other cookie recipe. Here’s an overview of the baking process:
Additional Frosting Options to Try
Personally, I think the cream cheese frosting I’ve shared in the recipe card below is the BEST Christmas cookie frosting. However, you can easily use one of the following ideas as the Christmas cookie frosting:
Vanilla Frosting Chocolate Frosting Buttercream Frosting Peanut Butter Frosting
How to Store the Cookies
Baked and frosted cookies will keep airtight at room temp for up to 5 days or in the fridge for up to 1 week. I’m comfortable storing items with cream cheese frosting at room temp, but if you’re not, store in the fridge noting cookies will be more prone to drying out in the fridge. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored airtight in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired. Extra frosting will keep airtight for weeks in the fridge.
Tips for Making Christmas Frosted Sugar Cookies
Chilling the dough: The dough is very soft and MUST be chilled before baking. There’s two tablespoons of cream in the dough, which makes the cookies so creamy but also makes for a very soft dough. Cream cheese: To make the cream cheese frosting for the sugar cookies, it’s important that you use brick-style cream cheese and not the whipped kind in a tub. Also, make sure the cream cheese has been softened to room temperature first. If you skip this, the frosting won’t whip up properly.
More Christmas Cookie Recipes:
ALL OF MY CHRISTMAS RECIPES! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes! Classic Jam Thumbprint Cookies — These easy thumbprint cookies are tender, buttery, and the 3 different types of jam turns into chewy little jewels that make these nostalgic family favorite cookies!
Classic Chewy Gingerbread Cookies — Soft and chewy cut-out gingerbread cookies filled with plenty of ginger and warming spices!
Candy Cane Blossom Sugar Cookies — Soft, chewy, and so easy!! The sprinkles make them totally irresistible! Santa’s going to love these!
Softbatch No-Roll Holiday Cookies— These tender, buttery holiday cookies use a no-roll dough with the sprinkles baked right in so you don’t even have to decorate them!
Soft & Chewy Molasses Gingerdoodles— These soft molasses cookies taste like a cross between chewy gingerbread cookies and crinkly snickerdoodles. An unbeatable holiday cookie recipe!
Soft and Chewy M&M’s Chocolate Chip Cookies – If you’re looking for a new M&M cookie recipe, this is THE ONE! Soft, buttery, and irresistible!!
Santa’s Kitchen Sink Cookies — Santa and everyone else won’t be able to resist these AMAZING cookies loaded with everything but the kitchen sink!! EASY, festive, salty-sweet treats with a FUN ingredients list!!
