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Cinnamon Sugar Iced Holiday Cookies

If you’re searching for activities to do with the whole family this holiday season, we recommend trying this recipe! Bake it as directed with the cinnamon sugar icing or make a few batches of icing in different colors for some decorating fun. Feeling competitive? Have a cookie decorating contest at home, with the winner getting a free pass from doing the dishes!

Make sure you have some fun cookie cutter shapes on hand! You can ice these cookies with our cinnamon sugar icing, or with colored powdered sugar icing. Make the dough ahead of time to be ready for holiday fun at a moments notice!

 
Prep Time:20 minutes , dough chills for 2 hours
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Yield: 48 servings (4 dozen cookies total) 
Difficulty: Easy

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup margarine softened 
  • 1 1/2 cups of white sugar 
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Cinnamon Sugar Icing

  • 2 cups of powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

  1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl cream together margarine and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, stir in vanilla. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients until fully absorbed. Cover dough, and chill for two hours.
  2. Preheat over to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) use a swiss diamond double burner griddle or grease a cookie sheet. On a clean floured surface, roll out small, sectioned pieces of dough to ¼ inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
  3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are slightly brown. Cool cookies on a wire rack.
  4. Stir together powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Pour into bag to pipe, or spoon onto cookies. This can get a little messy! Allow icing to dry before serving. You can also decorate with simple powdered sugar icing as seen in the photo!