Buttery Cross Sugar Cookies
These are the best buttery cross sugar cookies! Basically, they are buttery sugar sprinkles cookies without brown sugar which you can simply garnish with sprinkles, crystal sugar, or frosting of your choice. These make great religious cookies for baptisms and christenings.
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 214kcal
Cost: $10
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
These sugar sprinkles cookies can be garnished with sprinkles, crystalized sugars for a particular color scheme, or buttercream frosting of your choice!
Nutrition
Serving: 2g | Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 108mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 328IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg