Shortcut Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe
When you want Christmas cookies, but need to make them quickly and cutely, use this shortcut cookie hack and easy way to decorate them to still look festive.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas, Christmas dessert, cookies, easy cookies
- 1 package Sugar Cookie Mix plus ingredients called for: mine one called for a stick of butter and one egg
- 1 16 oz. Can vanilla frosting
- Red & Green food coloring
Add the package of cookie mix, butter, and water in a medium mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
Form dough into small balls and place on baking sheet.
Cook according to package (about 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees F).
Let cool.
Remove about 2-3 tbsp of frosting into two different small bowls for the red frosting and the green frosting.
Add a few drops of of the food coloring to the small bowls of frosting and mix until desired shades or red and green,
Add the colored frosting into two small zip-lock bags and cut a small piece of the corner out.
Frost the cooking with the white frosting.
Then drizzle a little of the red in one direction and the green frosting in the opposite direction onto each cookie.
Enjoy.