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Ugly Christmas Sweater Sugar Cookies

Updated Jun 10, 2021
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We're keeping the ugly Christmas sweater tradition alive the Pillsbury™ way—with cookies! Decorate sweater-shaped sugar cookies with your favorite cookie icings, candies, sprinkles and more to make your quirky creations come to life. This is a great time to get the kids in the kitchen and have fun!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Sugar Cookies

  • Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
  • Total 2 hr 10 min
  • Ingredients 4
  • Servings 12
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Ingredients

Cookies

Decorations, as desired

  • Assorted cookie icings
  • Assorted candies, sprinkles and decorating sugars

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, crumble cookie dough, and add flour, kneading until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.)
  • Step 
    2
    On floured surface, roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut shapes with floured 3 1/2- to 4-inch sweater-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts at least 2 inches apart. Reroll dough, and cut additional cutouts.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely.
  • Step 
    4
    Using photo as a guide, decorate cookies. Let stand at least 30 minutes until set.

Nutrition

170 Calories
7g Total Fat
1g Protein
26g Total Carbohydrate
13g Sugars

Tips from the

Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    For best results, bake cookies one sheet at a time in center of oven.
  • tip 2
    It’s helpful to pipe a border of cookie icing around edges of cookies before icing the rest of the surface to keep icing from sliding off sides.
  • tip 3
    Decorate these fun sugar cookies with cookie icing, decorating candy decors, miniature candy-coated chocolate candies, sprinkles, colored decorating sugars or nonpareils and more! Cookie icing is sold in pouches and can be found in the baking aisle of the grocery store.
  • tip 4
    Be sure to work quickly when adding decorations, as icing sets quickly.
  • tip 5
    Have an ugly Christmas sweater cookie decorating party (while wearing ugly Christmas sweaters, of course). Vote for your favorite cookie and award a prize, or enjoy your cookie as your prize!
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