Christmas music has been blasting at my house for over a week now and so far no one has cracked. Success! Today’s cookie project will have you singing your favorite holiday tunes as you decorate the tree: Christmas Carol Ornament Cookies!
- 2 sticks of butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- Food coloring
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light in color and fluffy in texture. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Mix until combined. Add food coloring of your choosing and mix again. Add all the flour and mix on low speed until the dough comes together.
- Roll out your dough between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. In the meantime, preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Unwrap your dough and cut out your cookies according to directions below. Bake for 12 minutes.
To make your doughIn the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light in color and fluffy in texture. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Mix until combined. Add food coloring of your choosing and mix again. Add all the flour and mix on low speed until the dough comes together.
Roll out your dough between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. In the meantime, preheat your oven to 350°F:
I ended up making green and red dough for this project =)
Cut your cookies in seasonal shapes and place on a baking sheet:
Using a wooden skewer, poke a hole into each cookie:
To add carol lyrics to each cookie, I am using my trusted letter stamp set:
Here is a link to a set under $5: Cookie Letter Numbers Stamp Set
Press into some cookies and switch lyrics:
Bake for 12 minutes.
Once the cookies have baked and cooled, you can choose to add deco details with royal icing. I added some notes to echo the music theme. Once those have dried, use holiday thread to hang your cookies and you’re done!
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