Today, I’m excited to share this easy buttery cross sugar cookies recipe for our first “Cooking With Kids” post! We use this roll out sugar sprinkles cookies recipe for Easter cross cookies every year! In fact, this base butter sugar cookies recipe can be used for all holidays including Christmas!
I’ve joined up with a fantastic gaggle of bloggers from Kid Blogger Network to participate in a monthly “Kids in the Kitchen” blog hop. I love teaching Scooter Britches the ropes in the kitchen. Only three-years-old, she is always begging to help me do things – like holiday baking.
Butter Cookies or Sugar Sprinkles Cookies? Shortbread cookies?
Back at Christmas time, I went on the hunt for an easy butter cookie recipe. I found some on the web and another in our church cookbook. Strangely enough, although the ones from the web were labeled as sugar cookie recipes and the one from the church cookbook was labeled as an old-fashioned butter cookie recipe, the ingredients and processes were nearly identical. Honestly, I’m not really sure if this is a shortbread cookie recipe, a butter cookie recipe, or a sugar sprinkles cookies recipe. Therefore, I am calling it buttery sugar cookies with sprinkles!
Kids’ Choice – Buttery Cross Sugar Cookies
The theme for the first blog hop is “kids’ choice.” When I asked SB if there was anything she wanted to help me make, she said she wanted to make cookies. Surprise, surprise. But, I was actually hoping that would be her choice since I had already bought the cutest Easter cookie cutters at Walmart. One is a lamb and one is a cross. So Easter cookies it was!
I tried to prepare things ahead of time by getting out our step-stool and placing the ingredients on the counter. Next time I let the girls help in the kitchen, I will go ahead and measure out the ingredients in advance which is just good baking practice anyway.
It is fun watching SB count as we measure the ingredients.
“One cup of fow-er. Two cups of fow-er. Three cups of fow-er…”
Rolling Dough for Buttery Cross Sugar Cookies
Over the years, I have stocked cookie cutters for all types of seasons, holidays, and events. These sugar sprinkles cookies can truly be made for any occasion.
It is during the cookie cutters step that SB shows her talents with a rolling pin. The kid can throw down with some cookie dough and cookie cutters.
We try to roll the dough to a thickness of about 1/3 of an inch or so. The cookie cutters should glide in and out of the dough very easily.
I’m always concerned about SB lifting the cut dough from the counter and transferring it to the cookie sheet.
Not too bad this go around.
For a three-year-old.
Keeping Things Simple with Sanding Sugar
Next comes the sanding sugar. We have used icing before for a version of buttercream frosted sugar cookies. We have also used a powdered sugar glaze for glazed sugar cookies.
But I find when baking with young kids, it is best to stick to sprinkles or crystallized sugar rather than glaze or icing.
SB is a serious, no-nonsense on the job kind of gal.
“Ssshhh. No talking, Mommy. I pouring my spinkles.”
Look who joined in on the fun for a quick game of shake the sprinkles!
After we had repeated the steps and cut out all the dough, we had about 36 rolled buttery cross sugar cookies. On this same day, we also made our adorable Easter lamb cookies.
Why This Buttery Cross Sugar Cookies Without Brown Sugar Recipe is a Winner
This sugar cookies with sprinkles recipe is a keeper for multiple reasons.
- If you are looking for cookies without brown sugar recipes, this is it!
- You will love this sugar cookies no chill time required version.
- This base sugar cookie recipe is versatile. Top the cookies with crystalized sugar, holiday sprinkles, glaze, or thick buttercream frosting.
Buttery Cross Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups Granulated sugar
- 4 sticks Salted butter somewhat softened
- 2 Eggs
- 1 1/2 tbsp Vanilla
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 6 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp Milk a splash
- Sprinkles Sanding sugar or sugar crystals
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the sugar and butter until creamed.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- Sprinkle in the baking powder and mix again.
- Slowly add the six cups of flour, adding a few cups at a time.
- Add the splash of milk to help soften the dough (if necessary).
- Divide the mixture into fourths.
- Roll 1/4 of the dough onto a counter or surface sprinkled with flour. Roll dough to 1/3 inch thickness.
- Cut into shapes with cross cookie cutters.
- Place cookie shapes on ungreased baking sheet.
- Add sprinkles or colored sugar, if desired.
- Bake for 9 minutes for a firm cookie. If you desire a soft cookie, bake at 7-8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool one minute before moving to wire rack.
Notes
Nutrition
More Cookies
Each time, this buttery cross sugar cookies recipe turns out well for us. Be sure to try our other holiday sugar cookies and other types of delicious cookies!
No Bake Coconut Pecan Praline Cookies
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies with Oatmeal
White Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal Almond Cookies
Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies with Snickers
No Bake Cranberry Pecan Cookies with Pecans
White Chocolate Oreo Bars with Marshmallows
Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cookies
Edible Sugar Cookie Dough for Valentine’s Day or Any Time
More Kids Choice Recipes
Please visit the other families in this month’s blog hop for some kitchen inspiration for your own family!
Quick and Delicious Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins | Living Montessori Now
Mud Pudding | Raising Little Superheroes
Marble Pound Cake | Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Simple Cupcakes for kids to decorate | Rainy Day Mum
Easy Zucchini Muffins | Mess for Less
Baked Mini Cinnamon Donut Holes | Kidgredients
Chocolate Butterscotch Rice Krispie Treats | Royal Baloo
Easy Bite Sized Chocolate Dipped Pretzels | Sugar Aunts
Jmathys
Really good cookie! Baked up perfect!
The Gifted Gabber
Thanks for sharing, Jmathys! Once I started using this recipe years ago, I have never looked for any other sugar/butter cookie recipe! This one is it!
Stacey
The pictures are just heart melting! Baking with kids is absolute memory making. Who cares if the cookies turn out good when you can have fun. Actually, your cookies look delicious…mine are more blob like when we use cookie cutters. :0
Happy Thoughts of Home.
The Gifted Gabber
Haha…thanks, Stacey. Trust me, we’ve had plenty of blob cookies with past recipes, too. 🙂
Fiona Cambouropoulos
Great fun to make together and I love the glittery finish Sounds like a perfect family weekend for you all, #TwinklyTuesday
The Gifted Gabber
Thanks, Fiona! It really was a lot of fun!
Sarah Howe
I love how involved they get and the concentration! Bet she was so pleased with her yummy creation! Xx #twinklytuesda
The Gifted Gabber
Thanks, Sarah! I know…she was hard at it!
Madeline
Looks like a really lovely simple recipe to do with kids, thank you, will be pinning this! Lovely photos too, such nice memories for when they’re older! x #TwinklyTuesday
The Gifted Gabber
Yay! Thanks so much, Madeline!
Life Loving
Looks like you had a lot of fun and the cookies look great. Your little girl is so engrossed in it, she’s clearly going to grow up to love cooking!
Sally @ Life Loving
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The Gifted Gabber
Hi Sally! Yes, when she gets into that concentration mode, there is no stopping her!
Sarah Stockley (@kipperscurtains)
It’s raining here today, and I have three children itching to do something – I think we’ll try out your cookies. Thanks for sharing #FabFridayPost
The Gifted Gabber
I hope the cookies worked out well for your crew, Sarah!
Erin
My rolled out cookies never turn out that good!
The Gifted Gabber
Haha…Erin, mine never did either until I found this recipe!
Vicky
Love the Easter theme and your kids are adorable!
The Gifted Gabber
So sweet of you to say, Vicky! Thank you!