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For an additional flourish, decorate these no-roll sugar cookies with homemade Colored Sugar or Sugar Cookie Icing.



Makes 4 1/2 dozen or 27 (2 cookie) servings.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Refrigerate Time: 2 hours

Cook Time: 6 to 8 minutes per batch

2 3/4 cups flour

2 teaspoons McCormick® Cream of Tartar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract or 1 teaspoon McCormick® Premium Imitation Vanilla Extract

Additional sugar for rolling

1. Mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add 1 1/2 cups sugar; beat until well blended, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually stir in flour mixture until well mixed.

2. Refrigerate dough about 2 hours or until firm.

3. Preheat oven to 400°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in additional sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

4. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Flavor Variations: Prepare as directed. Use McCormick® Pure Almond Extract or Pure Lemon Extract in place of the vanilla.

per serving

Calories: 142

Fat: 6 g

Carbohydrates: 20 g

Cholesterol: 30 mg

Sodium: 112 mg

Fiber: 0 g

Protein: 2 g

Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe| Weight Watchers Sugar Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cups butter
- 1/4 cups Neufchatel cheese
- 1 cups sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cups fat-free skim milk
- 1 tsp all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cups sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg; set aside.
Place butter and cheese in a large bowl; cream using an electric mixer. Add sugar and beat until batter is pale yellow; beat in vanilla extract and egg.
Add about 1/3 of flour mixture and 1/3 of milk to cheese mixture; mix batter on low speed until just combined. Repeat 2 more times with remaining flour mixture and milk, until thoroughly combined into cheese mixture.
Shape dough into a ball and loosely cover with plastic wrap. Using your palms, press down on plastic wrap to flatten dough into a hamburger shape; refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 days.
Sprinkle a teaspoon of flour on a flat work surface. Pull off about 1/3 of dough and, using a rolling pin, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Using a 3-inch circular cookie cutter, cut cookies out of dough and place on ungreased baking sheets. Make these Weight Watchers Christmas sugar cookies any shape you want! Roll up dough scraps and add back to dough ball. Pull off another 1/3 of dough and repeat process until all dough is used — recipe will make approximately 45 cookies.
Sprinkle your Christmas Sugar cookies with colored sugar and bake until edges just start to turn golden, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks and cool completely. Total recipe makes 45 cookies.

Serving Size = 1 Cookie
Each Serving = 1 Weight Watchers Point

Vanilla Sugar Cookies

This sugar cookie recipe contains butter and vanilla. Scroll down to see more sugar cookie recipes.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Preparation:
Cream butter and sugar until light; beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour and baking powder together; stir into creamed mixture. Refrigerate for about 1 hour, or until dough is firm enough to roll. On a floured surface, roll 1/8-inch thick and cut with cookie cutters. Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350°. Makes about 7 to 8 dozen small sugar cookies, or fewer

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Buttery sugar cookies are shaped then flattened with the bottom of a sugar-dipped glass.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
granulated sugar
Preparation:
Cream butter; beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla extract; stir to blend. Combine and sift flour, baking powder, and salt; add gradually to creamed mixture, mixing thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place 2" apart on greased baking sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass that's been greased and dipped in granulated sugar. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to racks immediately to cool.
Makes about 3 dozen Christmas cookies.