Cutout cookies with buttercream frosting

When it comes to holiday baking, few treats are as beloved and iconic as Christmas sugar cookie cutouts. Whether you're crafting delicate snowflakes, jolly Santas, or whimsical reindeer, these buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies bring festive joy to any occasion.

Bake at 350F, 8-10 minutes, mine were done in about 9 minutes. If making larger cookies than 3 inches, bake them for little longer.

Buttercream icing for sugar cookies is much tastier & easier than royal icing. Here is the perfect crusting buttercream recipe for decorating cookies.

Christmas Buttercream Sugar Cookies Class

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This Buttercream Frosting is the perfect choice for decorating your cut out sugar cookies. It's smooth, creamy, and lightly sweet and the best pairing for your sugar cookies. Perfect for coloring in different options, and topping with sprinkles to make the perfect cookies for your holiday celebrations!

Four beautiful, delicious and easy-to-make Christmas sugar cookie ideas! Find all the pictures and video tutorial in the blog post to help you make these festive sugar cookies decorated with fluffy buttercream frosting!

This is EASY cookie decorating buttercream for beginners! It's creamy and sweet, and sets on top of the cookies after a few hours. Use gel food coloring to tint it any color you like, and have fun decorating your favorite cookies. Perfect for piping designs onto cut-out cookies, like sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies. Recipe on sallysbakingaddiction.com

Tender and buttery sugar cookies are topped with a fluffy homemade buttercream icing for the most delicious and festive sweet treats. This frosted butter dream sugar cookies recipe does not require refrigeration and bakes up perfectly formed Christmas cookies that hold their shape!

This is EASY cookie decorating buttercream for beginners! It's creamy and sweet, and sets on top of the cookies after a few hours. Use gel food coloring to tint it any color you like, and have fun decorating your favorite cookies. Perfect for piping designs onto cut-out cookies, like sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies. Recipe on sallysbakingaddiction.com