Description
Festive sugar cookie mittens bring holiday cheer right to your kitchen table, warming hearts with their delightful charm. Decorated with colorful icing and sprinkled with joy, these sweet treats make winter gatherings extra special.
Ingredients
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Dry Ingredients:
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
Decorating:
- Royal icing
Instructions
- Warm your oven precisely to 375°F and prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine 2 ¾ cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon baking powder in a medium mixing bowl.
- Using an electric mixer, cream 1 cup softened butter with 1 ½ cups white sugar until the mixture becomes fluffy and pale.
- Add 1 whole egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and ½ teaspoon almond extract to the butter mixture. Mix until completely incorporated.
- Slowly fold the dry flour mixture into the creamed ingredients, stirring until a consistent dough forms.
- Introduce 3 tablespoons milk to your dough, ensuring it reaches a soft, pliable consistency without becoming too wet.
- Dust your countertop with flour and roll the dough to a precise ¼-inch thickness using a rolling pin.
- Select a mitten-shaped cookie cutter and press firmly into the rolled dough, transferring each cut shape onto prepared baking sheets.
- Space your mitten cookies 1 inch apart to prevent them from merging during baking.
- Place sheets in the preheated 375°F oven and bake for exactly 9 minutes until edges turn light golden brown.
- Remove cookies and allow them to cool completely on wire racks for 20 minutes before decorating with royal icing.
Notes
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before rolling to prevent sticking and help maintain the mitten shape.
- Use a silicone baking mat or parchment paper for even baking and easy cookie removal.
- For softer cookies, remove from the oven when edges are just barely golden and centers still look slightly underbaked.
- Decorate completely cooled cookies with royal icing for a festive winter look, and add sprinkles or colored sugar while icing is still wet.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 8-10 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 183 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 22 mg