My cousin Kelley has reminded me from time to time that the only cookies I would eat at holiday get-togethers were my own mom’s cut-out cookies. I never touched any other cookies that were present.
What can I say"! I like what I like!
I’m happy to share this recipe with you today because this is the most delicious and light sugar cookie recipe for cut-outs. If you like a crunchy cookie, roll the dough thinner, and if you like a softer cookie, keep it a little bit on the thicker side.
They only take 5 minutes to bake so the frosting can start happening pretty shortly thereafter (as long as they are cool!)

I envisioned a sweet family time of making the cut-outs with the boys one evening, imagining us all laughing and enjoying one another while baking perfectly shaped cut-outs. As it turns out, they pretty much massacred the dough and hacked away at the shapes they used with a spatula, so I quickly decided I would make the cut-outs that we would actually frost later that evening, and we could frost them together!
That went much better, the boys loved shaking the sprinkles over the frosting and David kept “accidentally” breaking the arms of the ginger bread men and eating them! It was a fun time and I hope it becomes something we do annually!
So let’s get onto the recipe!
Christmas Cut-Out Cookies // makes 24 -30 cookies, depending on size of your cookie cutter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
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