Christmas Star Cookies

5 from 2 votes

Christmas Star Cookies, the best iced sugar cookies for the festive season. Great as homemade edible gifts for families and friends, these cookies are so easy to make, and the icing only requires 3 ingredients. You can decorate them with any sprinkles you like, or even use food colouring for your icing to get different colours.

Prep Time1 10

Cook Time20

Total Time1 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: International

Servings: cookeis

Calories: 97kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

For the dough

100 g butter, soften (½ cup)
100 g granulated sugar (½ cup)
250 g plain flour (2 cups)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the icing

200 g icing/confectioner's sugar ( 1 ⅔ cups)
2 tablespoon full-fat milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

To decorate:

sprinkles/hundred and thousands (optional)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

To make the dough, mix together the butter and sugar using a hand mixer, then add the egg and mix to get a smooth paste.
Add the flour and vanilla extract and knead well to get an elastic dough.
Cover the dough with clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Roll the dough on the work surface, and use a star-shaped cookie cutter to shape 30 stars.
Arrange onto 2 baking trays lined with baking paper, cover the trays with clingfilm, then chill in the fridge for one hour.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
Bake the cookies one tray at the time for 8-10 minutes, they will still have a pale yellow colour, but will be firm to touch.
Arrange on a plate and leave to cool completely.
To make the icing, sift the sugar, add the milk and vanilla extract and mix well to get a smooth paste.
Fill a piping bag with the icing sugar, and using a small round nozzle, ice every cookie, then sprinkle with any festive sprinkles or decorations.

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Notes

Click on the US Customary link to see the measurements displayed in cups and ounces.
The servings can be adjusted by clicking the number next to Servings.

A few tips here: the oven must be well pre-heated before you pop them in. The amounts listed below are enough for 30 cookies, so l had to arrange them onto 3 baking trays.
Don't get the trays in at the same time, better one by one to ensure an even bake. Depending on the size on your cookies, they should take 8-10 minutes to bake, but make sure to check them after 8 minutes.
If you take them out of the oven before 10 minutes, they will be softer, but if you want a good crunch, leave them for 12 minutes. The colour should still be a pale yellow, so don't leave them any longer than that, or the edges will burn. You might need to get the second batch out sooner, since the oven is really hot by now, but do keep an eye on them.

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