We asked Pillsbury™ fans what makes their favorite Christmas cookie, and we heard the answer loud and clear: Nothing beats a classic frosted sugar cookie cutout. We couldn’t agree more! So we went to our test kitchens to make you the absolute best frosted sugar cookie cutout recipe of all time. Loaded with cream cheese and sprinkles, iced with a quick homemade marshmallow buttercream frosting, and decorated with all kinds of candy, these holiday-shaped sugar cookies deliver on your favorite treat—and then some!
Deluxe Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 1 hr 50 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 28
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 3 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
- 1/4 cup red, white and green candy sprinkles
Marshmallow Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups marshmallow creme (from 7-oz container)
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
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- Have some more time? You can make your sugar cookie dough completely from scratch with our Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies recipe.
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F.
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Step2Let cookie dough stand at room temperature 10 minutes to soften. In large bowl, break up dough. Add cream cheese, flour and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; stir with spoon or hands until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Add sprinkles; stir into dough until well blended. Generously flour work surface. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on work surface. Cut out desired shapes using floured 2- to 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 8 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step4In medium bowl, beat softened butter, marshmallow creme and 1/4 teaspoon almond extract until well blended. Beat in powdered sugar until smooth and creamy. Frost cooled cookies. Decorate as desired.
Nutrition
160
Calories
7g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 19%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 95mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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