Christmas Cookie Recipes...

blondie_mfp wrote: »

peleroja wrote: »

Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter, softened + 3/4 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour cream (full fat please!)
6 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp ground cinnamon

Icing:
8 oz softened cream cheese
1/2 icing sugar
2-4 Tbsp milk as needed

1. Cream 1 cup of butter and white sugar in a large bowl or stand mixer (paddle attachment) until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and sour cream until well combined. Add flour, baking soda and powder, and salt until just mixed.
2. Form into two discs, cover with plastic wrap, and chill for about an hour.
3. One at a time, roll disk onto a well-floured surface creating a large rectangle/oval about 1/4 inch thick. Cover each with half the 3/4 cup softened butter, then sprinkle with half the brown sugar and half the cinnamon.
4. Roll dough lengthwise into a log, ensuring the end is well-sealed with the butter mixture. Slice each into even rounds (between 1/2 and an inch thick depending on how big you want your cookies.)
5. Lay each round out onto a parchment-paper covered baking sheet.
6. Bake in a 350F oven 12-14 min.
7. Cool on a baking rack until completely cool, then ice.

Cream-cheese icing:
1. Combine cream cheese and icing sugar with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy. If you plan to drizzle the icing, you'll need to also add 2-4 tbsps milk until the consistency is thin enough. If you're using a pastry bag to pipe on the icing, you might only need 1 tbsp.
2. When cookies are completely cool, drizzle icing with a spoon or pastry bag across each cookie.

these sound delicious, but I wonder what happens to all that butter (spread on the dough before rolling and cutting) when you bake the cookies? does it ooze out and make a mess? or do the cookies actually turn out like little flat cinnamon rolls?

peleroja wrote: »

blondie_mfp wrote: »

peleroja wrote: »

Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter, softened + 3/4 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour cream (full fat please!)
6 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp ground cinnamon

Icing:
8 oz softened cream cheese
1/2 icing sugar
2-4 Tbsp milk as needed

1. Cream 1 cup of butter and white sugar in a large bowl or stand mixer (paddle attachment) until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and sour cream until well combined. Add flour, baking soda and powder, and salt until just mixed.
2. Form into two discs, cover with plastic wrap, and chill for about an hour.
3. One at a time, roll disk onto a well-floured surface creating a large rectangle/oval about 1/4 inch thick. Cover each with half the 3/4 cup softened butter, then sprinkle with half the brown sugar and half the cinnamon.
4. Roll dough lengthwise into a log, ensuring the end is well-sealed with the butter mixture. Slice each into even rounds (between 1/2 and an inch thick depending on how big you want your cookies.)
5. Lay each round out onto a parchment-paper covered baking sheet.
6. Bake in a 350F oven 12-14 min.
7. Cool on a baking rack until completely cool, then ice.

Cream-cheese icing:
1. Combine cream cheese and icing sugar with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy. If you plan to drizzle the icing, you'll need to also add 2-4 tbsps milk until the consistency is thin enough. If you're using a pastry bag to pipe on the icing, you might only need 1 tbsp.
2. When cookies are completely cool, drizzle icing with a spoon or pastry bag across each cookie.

these sound delicious, but I wonder what happens to all that butter (spread on the dough before rolling and cutting) when you bake the cookies? does it ooze out and make a mess? or do the cookies actually turn out like little flat cinnamon rolls?

Are you able to see the photo? It works exactly like cinnamon rolls You need the butter to melt with the brown sugar to make that gooey filling like in a yeasted cinnamon roll.