These mini Christmas sugar cookies are the perfect bite-size cookie to bring some festive cheer to your holiday season. Each bite-sized cookie is a delightful mouthful of melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookie, frosted with creamy buttercream frosting, and festive candy sprinkles.
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- How to Make Mini Christmas Sugar Cookies
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- What to Serve with Bite-Size Christmas Sugar Cookies
- Recipe FAQ
- How to Store Bite-Size Christmas Cookies
- Try These Delicious Bite-Size Christmas Sugar Cookies Today
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- Mini Christmas Sugar Cookies
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: sugar cookies are perfect for any occasion. Their sweet, buttery flavor fits into any holiday or party, and they make a great dessert any night of the week. What I love most about them is how easy it is to tweak them to suit any occasion.
Take these mini Christmas sugar cookies, for example. I top them with festive, Christmas-colored sprinkles, but I can easily change the colors for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentines, baby showers, and more. These cookies are so soft and chewy and so full of flavor that they’re always a great choice. I chose them because they’re easy, as well!
Mini Christmas Sugar Cookies
These cookies are made with a simple dough with a little corn syrup to make them extra soft and chewy. I bake them until they’re almost done, then I let carry-over cooking time from the hot baking sheet finish them off as they cool. After they fully cool, I top them with homemade buttercream frosting and festive green, red, and gold candy sprinkles. They’re delicious little bites that are as festive as they are easy.
Why You’ll Love This Mini Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipe
- The buttercream frosting and candy sprinkles add a delicious layer of creamy sweetness that complements the class sugar cookie flavor.
- These bite-size sugar cookies are the ideal size for popping in your mouth.
- The red, green, and gold sprinkles transform these cookies into miniature Christmas masterpieces.
- They are a delightful way to add a touch of holiday cheer to any celebration.
Mini Christmas Sugar Cookie Ingredients
- Butter: Softened butter makes a rich, creamy base for the cookies and the buttercream frosting and adds a buttery flavor to these cookies.
- Corn Syrup: Corn syrup adds more sweetness and makes the cookies extra soft and tender.
- Vanilla Extract: Vanilla is a classic addition to all baked goods and gives the cookies and frosting an extra layer of flavor.
- Powdered Sugar: Powdered sugar gives body and tons of sweetness to the frosting.
- Milk: Milk is used to adjust the thickness of the frosting.
See the recipe card at the end of the post for a full list of ingredients and their exact quantities.
How to Make Mini Christmas Sugar Cookies
Making these cookies is so easy! The sugar cookie dough and buttercream frosting are both basic recipes that require next to no kitchen experience, and even beginners should have no trouble with this recipe.
Step 1: Prep
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Step 2: Mix the Wet Ingredients
Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl for 3 minutes until creamy. Then, add the egg, vanilla, and corn syrup and beat again until well combined.
Step 3: Mix the Dry Ingredients
Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Step 4: Make the Dough
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
Step 5: Scoop and Place
Scoop the cookie dough out into balls with a ½-inch cookie scoop. Place the cookies about an inch apart on the prepared baking sheet and press them down a bit.
Step 6: Bake
Bake the cookies for 8 to 9 minutes. Then, remove them from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 7: Make the Buttercream Frosting
Beat the butter, milk, and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the powdered sugar while beating the mixture until it’s smooth and creamy.
Step 8: Decorate the Cookies
Frost the cooled cookies and sprinkle them with colorful sugar candy sprinkles. Let the frosting set and enjoy.
Recipe Tips
- Cream your softened butter until it’s light, airy, and creamy for both the cookies and the frosting for the best texture.
- Lightly spoon your flour into your measuring cup and level with a knife to avoid compacting the flour and using too much.
- Remove your cookies from the oven after 8 or 9 minutes. They will look underdone. However, carrying over cooking time from the pan will help them bake to perfection.
- Your cookies MUST be fully cooled before you add the frosting. Otherwise, it will melt on contact and won’t stick to the cookies.
- Mix your cookie dough until just combined and no further. This helps limit gluten formation and keeps the cookies as soft as possible.
Variations
- Use different colored sprinkles for different occasions.
- For even softer cookies, use cake flour.
- Try using M&Ms in place of sprinkles for more flavor and color.
What to Serve with Bite-Size Christmas Sugar Cookies
Serve these cookies with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee or tea for a classic dessert or afternoon treat. They also make the perfect addition to a larger dessert spread with all your other favorite sweet treats.
Recipe FAQ
These sugar cookies are decorated with buttercream frosting, so they can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days. However, if you plan to store your cookies for longer than that, they should be refrigerated.
These cookies will stay fresh at room temperature for up to 3 days. They’ll last for up to a week in the refrigerator and up to 2 months in the freezer.
Buttercream frosting is made by creaming butter with vanilla, powdered sugar, and milk. Mix the butter, milk, and vanilla first. Then, add the powdered sugar gradually until you get a rich, creamy frosting with the consistency you prefer.
Yes, you can. They’ll last for up to 2 months in the freezer when stored correctly.
How to Store Bite-Size Christmas Cookies
Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature or refrigerate them in an airtight container for up to a week. For longer storage, wrap the cookies individually in plastic wrap and freeze them for up to 2 months in an airtight, freezer-safe container or heavy-duty freezer bag. Defrost the cookies overnight in the refrigerator.
Try These Delicious Bite-Size Christmas Sugar Cookies Today
These mini Christmas sugar cookies are as adorable and delicious as they are easy to make! With a super-soft texture, rich buttercream frosting, and festive sprinkles, they make the perfect addition to any Christmas gathering. And because they’re decorated with sprinkles, you can use different colors for different holidays or occasions. Give these a try, and I guarantee you’ll be looking for reasons to make them all the time!
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Mini Christmas Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies
- 2 ⅔ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon corn syrup
Buttercream Frosting
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 3 tablespoon milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- Red, green, and gold sugar candy sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Sugar Cookies
- In a large bowl, using an eclectic mixer, cream butter and sugar together until creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Beat egg, vanilla and corn syrup into mixture until combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
- Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix.
- Using a ½ inch cookie scoop, place rounded cookie dough on the prepared baking sheet.
- Gently press each cookie down a bit.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cookies sit on the baking sheet for a couple minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, frost cookies.
Buttercream Frosting
- In a medium mixing bowl, cream butter, milk and vanilla together. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Frost cookies, then sprinkle with festive holiday sprinkles.
- Let the frosting setup then place cookies in a container for storing and place parchment paper in between the layers.
Notes
- Cream your softened butter until it’s light, airy, and creamy for both the cookies and the frosting for the best texture.
- Lightly spoon your flour into your measuring cup and level with a knife to avoid compacting the flour and using too much.
- Remove your cookies from the oven after 8 or 9 minutes. They will look underdone. However, carrying over cooking time from the pan will help them bake to perfection.
- Your cookies MUST be fully cooled before you add the frosting. Otherwise, it will melt on contact and won’t stick to the cookies.
- Mix your cookie dough until just combined and no further. This helps limit gluten formation and keeps the cookies as soft as possible.
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This mini sugar cookie recipe for Christmas was so easy to prepare! The cookies were moist and soft and oh so yummy, I can’t wait to make them again and again!
These sugar cookies are perfect for my Christmas box! They are so good and I love that they’re mini too ^_^
These mini cheesecakes are darling! The individual portions make them so elegant and easy to serve for the holidays. What a fun, festive dessert idea! ❤️
The buttercream on these sugar cookies were my kids favorite part along with the colorful Christmas colors. Making these again!
I made these last night because there was a really good Hallmark movie coming on today. They are so good!
These are so good and so much fun. I made a batch last night for dessert as a test run, and they were a huge hit.
I made these over the weekend for a party, and they were a big hit. I’ll be making them year round with different frosting!
These ar the best cookies I have ever made! They’re so soft and tender. I’m a big fan.