This recipe is a great option for folks who need a good sugar cookie fast! You may also love my Easy Sugar Cookies, BEST tasting Sugar Cookie Recipe, Amish Sugar Cookies, and of course the master list of the world’s best Cookie Recipes!
Christmas Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 226g) butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups Wondra Quick-Mixing Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Instructions
- Mix powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Heat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. (or prepare as you prefer)
- Divide dough in half. Roll out first half 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured (with Wondra!) surface. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
- Bake 7-8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on wire rack.
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Christmas Cookies with Wondra Flour
As a baker there are two things that I value greatly:
1. Time
2. Quality ingredients
Sometimes, as much as it pains me, I have to set certain recipes off to the side because of the time involved. This is never a fun choice because we all know that the care put into a recipe is often a direct correlation to the quality and flavor of that recipe. I mean, cake mix cookies are fine in a pinch, but having a chocolate chip cookie from quality ingredients that took 48 hours to prepare is a magical thing.
Sugar cookies are one of those recipes that benefit greatly from ‘rest’. Chilling in the fridge (anywhere from one hour to overnight!) is a line that is in practically every roll-out sugar cookie recipe.
I recently tried a new (to me) product in the world of baking. It is called Wondra® and is from the folks over at Gold Medal Flour.
Wondra® Quick Mixing Flour has always been known as your go-to flour for extra- creamy, lump-free gravies and ultra-flaky and crispy pie crusts. Its lightness and easy mixing qualities have made it perfect as the dredging flour for fish and poultry. But new research behind the product has revealed a hidden quality that will take this product from the unsung hero of the kitchen to the holiday baking tool that everyone is talking about!
No chilling. No refrigerator time. No downtime.
Immediate sugar cookie gratification.
I decided to try it. I prepared my dough with all room temperature ingredients and looked at it on my counter.
It took everything in me not to wrap it up and put it in the fridge! But I didn’t.
I rolled it out immediately and started punching out cookies. I put those un-chilled cookies right into the oven and backed away slowly, expecting the impending doom of unrecognizable blobs of crispy browned sugar cookie dough.
But… it didn’t happen. They baked up beautifully! The flavor and consistency were just like my go-to sugar cookie recipe. And they held their shape quite well!
This product is nothing short of revolutionary for sugar cookie artists!
To make the sugar cookie sandwiches in this post, I used a very small cookie cutter and cut out the tree image before baking.
After baking allow cookies to cool slightly and sprinkle the cookies (with tree cut out) with sanding sugar or dusting powder. (I used red and green)
Place a solid cookie face down, fill with about 1 tablespoon of buttercream, then place cut out tree cookie on top.
You now have a perfectly festive, quick, easy and delicious Holiday Sugar Cookie Sandwich!
A few tips before using Wondra®:
Do not expect it to look and feel exactly like your traditional all-purpose flour. Do expect it to work the same, if not better.
Do not be alarmed if your cookie “puffs up” while baking. Do smile brightly when you remove it from the oven with its shape perfectly intact.
Do not expect it to taste different. Do expect it to taste delicious.
Do not waste one more second waiting on chilling dough or sticky dough or cookies that taste stale in 2 days. Do use Wondra® and roll out beautiful dough that stays fresh longer!
This post brought to you by Gold Medal Flour and myself. All recipe testing, opinions, and images are my own.
Wow, I have used Wondra for Thanksgiving turkey gravy, but never for cookies! I must try this! (Your cookies, as always, are GORGEOUS!)
Who knew???? I always have a stash of Wondra for gravy and dusting meats, but I’ve never thought of using it for baking. And no chilling needed? Whoa, these babies will be on my holiday baking list this year 🙂
I need to check that out!! I’m totally into instant cookie gratification. 🙂
I always have a container of Wondra by the stove for gravies…I had no idea you could bake with it!
How interesting! Love these festive cookies too!
I love these! So cute and festive. I will definitely have to try them.
How does the dusting sugar stick to the baked cookie?
I put it on right out of the oven for some, and others I put it on after the cookies had cooled. When you use a fine sugar it will stick!
How did you get the sanding sugar to stick?
I would not have guessed that Wondra was the secret ingredient in these! Must pick up a bag at the grocery store the next time I’m there. These are getting me totally in the Christmas spirit!
I only recently heard of Wondra. Surprised it can be used in baking. I am not one to roll out cookies. I like to scoop and drop on the cookie sheet. I just might try this. I might have to buy some today.