Spiced Holiday Sugar Cookies

Name: Spiced Holiday Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp McCormick® Cinnamon, Ground; 1/4 tsp McCormick® Nutmeg, Ground; 1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 1 egg; 2 tsps McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 2 tbsps milk plus more to reach desired consistency; assorted food colors and egg dye; assorted neon food colors and egg dye

Ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and pure vanilla extract make this twist on the traditional sugar cookie absolutely irresistible. Ready in less than half an hour, these delectable holiday cookies are perfect with a thin layer of colorful cookie icing using your choice of McCormick ... Read More Read Less

20m

PREP TIME

8m

COOK TIME

184

CALORIES

12

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 24

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Ingredients

Sugar Cookies
2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Nutmeg
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
Colorful Cookie Icing
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk, plus more to reach desired consistency
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
McCormick® Neon Food Colors & Egg Dye

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 325°F. Mix flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed.
2 Roll out dough on generously floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into shapes with your favorite holiday cookie cutters. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges start to brown lightly. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
4 For the Icing, mix confectioners' sugar and milk with wire whisk until well blended and smooth. (Stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached.) (Makes 1 cup.) See tips below to make holiday icing colors.
5 To ice cookies, hold cookie by its edge and dip top of cookie into icing. (Or spoon the icing onto cookie using a teaspoon.) Place iced cookies on wire rack set over foil-covered baking sheet to dry. (The foil-covered baking sheet will catch drips.) To add decorative details to cookies, spoon tinted icing into resealable plastic bag. Snip off a tiny piece of the corner. Squeeze icing through hole in plastic bag to decorate cookies. If desired, Colored Sugar may be sprinkled onto freshly iced cookies.
6 Each color combination below is enough to tint 1 cup icing.
• RED: Mix 1 teaspoon Red, 30 drops NEON Pink, 10 drops Yellow and 2 drops Blue into 1 batch of frosting.
• BROWN: Mix 6 drops Black, 25 drops Yellow and 18 drops NEON Purple into 1 batch of frosting.
• BLUE: Mix 4 drops NEON Pink and 8 drops NEON Blue into 1 batch of frosting.
• YELLOW: Mix 16 drops Yellow and 1 drop Red into 1 batch of frosting.
• BLUE: Mix 2 drops NEON Blue and 1 drop NEON Pink into 1 batch of frosting.
• GREEN: Mix 10 drops Yellow and 10 drops Blue into 1 batch of frosting.