Ornament Sugar Cookies
These fun classic Christmas ornament sugar cookies are perfect for a delicious Christmas treat and some fun Christmas ornaments to hang on your tree.
This holiday season, we are changing up our traditional sugar cookies to make them a little more festive! These ornament sugar cookies are the best Christmas cookies to make this year.
They look just like Christmas ornaments and would make a delicious plate of cookies for Santa, your kids, or your whole family to enjoy this year. These are so easy to make and a great sugar cookie recipe that will blow your taste buds away.
I love that this is an easy recipe that I can make with the kids and it doesn’t take all day! Find your favorite sprinkles and cookie cutters and let’s get baking!
🧂 Ingredients
Making adorable ornament sugar cookies starts with our Basic Sugar Cookie Dough.
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- all-purpose flour
- salt
- baking powder
- eggs
- vanilla extract OR vanilla bean extract
This is meant to be a brief overview of how to make Ornament Sugar Cookies. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below or Jump to Recipe.
🔪Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy (about 5 mins) with a stand mixer.
- Add vanilla extract and eggs then mix well.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl.
- Gradually add flour to the butter mixture.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix until well combined.
- Divide dough into 2 sections.
- Roll one at a time on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness.
- Next, cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters.
- Using a straw, cut out a hole in the top of the cookie. Gently wiggle the straw around to increase the size of the hole.
- Freeze the cookie shapes on the baking sheet for one hour.
- After that, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and use the straw again to open up the hole right away while the cookies are still hot and soft.
- Then, let sit on the cookie sheets for 10-15 mins before removing to finish cooling.
Decorating the Cookies
Once the cookies have cooled completely, you can decorate them with royal icing or buttercream as well as sprinkles.
Equipment
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- Stand Mixer with Paddle Attachment
- Dry Measuring Cups and Measuring Spoons
- Parchment Paper
- Baking sheets
- Cookie Cutters
- Straw
- Ribbon and scissors
- Piping Bags
⏲️ Storage
To Store: Place cookies into an airtight container to stay fresh. They will last 4-7 days if properly stored. (These are my favorite airtight containers.)
To Freeze: You can freeze the cookie dough or undecorated cookies by putting them into a freezer bag.
To Thaw: Overnight in the fridge.
⭐ Tips
✔️For the smoothiest surface, turn the baked cookies upside down on the parchment paper as they cool.
✔️Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating them.
✔️Slightly thicker ribbons tend to hold ornament cookies better than thin string.
✔️Be sure that the hole you make in the cookie dough is large enough for the ribbon you’re using.
📖 Variations
We recommend that you try our Christmas ornament sugar cookies for the first time just as it is written for the best results, because that is how the recipe has been tested.
However, the next time you make it, you might consider one of these different ways of making this great recipe.
- Use food coloring to create different colored icing.
- Crush candy canes and sprinkle them on top of each cookie while the icing is still wet.
✏️ Make Ahead
This dough can be made and kept in the refrigerator for up to 2 days before baking.
🍴 Serving Suggestions
Serve your beautiful ornament cookies with a glass of cold milk or a cup of hot chocolate.
🔗 Webstory
🎄 More Holiday Ideas
- Hot Chocolate Balls – these are delicious and make a wonderful gift.
- Dollar Store Ornaments – it doesn’t get easier or more affordable.
- Christmas Party Printable Set – a festive Christmas party in one package.
😋 Similar Recipes
Next time, try one of these tasty cookie recipes:
- Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies – a delicious twist on classic snowball cookies.
- Linzer Cookies – Poppy Seed Lemon – Linzer cookies look difficult, but they are so easy.
- Chocolate and Peppermint Cookies – who doesn’t love the combination of chocolate and peppermint flavors?
- Gingerbread Cookies – the whole family will love these.
📋 Ornament Sugar Cookies
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Ornament Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients
- 16 ounces (4 sticks) unsalted butter room temperature,
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract OR vanilla bean extract
- Royal Icing or Frosting
- different kinds of sprinkles, jimmies, silver dragées, etc.
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy (about 5 mins) with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. (You can also use a hand mixer or mix by hand in a large bowl).
- Add vanilla extract and eggs then mix well.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl.
- Gradually add flour to the butter mixture, mix well together.
- Divide dough into 2 sections.
- Roll one at a time on a lightly floured surface to 1/8″ thickness.
- Next, cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters.
- Using a straw, cut out a hole in the top of the cookie. Gently wiggle the straw around to increase the size of the hole.
- Freeze the cookie shapes on the cookie sheets for one hour. (This prevents them from spreading).
- After that, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and use the straw again to open up the hole right away while the cookies are still hot and soft.
- Then, let sit on the baking tray for 10-15 mins before removing to finish cooling on a wire rack.
- Decorate each of the cooled cookie shapes with frosting, royal icing, or edible color markers.
Equipment
- Paddle Attachment
- Parchment Paper
- Baking sheets
- Cookie Cutters
- Straw
- Ribbon
- scissors
- Piping Bags
Notes
- Use food coloring to create different colored icing.
- Crush candy canes and sprinkle them on top of each cookie while the icing is still wet.
