Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter ((2 sticks) keep the butter COLD until ready to use)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • royal icing (see recipe links below)
  • Christmas sprinkles

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350-degrees. In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, and salt. Stir until well combined. 
  • Cut COLD butter into cubes (they don't need to be perfect) and add to the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large mixing bowl if you are using a hand mixer). Add sugar and mix together until smooth and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl if needed.
  • Add 1 egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract and mix until well combined. Add the flour/cornstarch mixture in and mix on low speed until crumbles form (if you are at a higher elevation and the crumbles seem a little too dry you can add a tablespoon or two of water, not too much though, you want it to be crumbly, not sticky). 
  • Remove crumbles from mixer and knead into a ball.
  • Place between two pieces of parchment paper and roll out to about 3/8-1/2" thickness (however thick you want the cookies to be is how thick you want to roll it out-- these cookies aren't going to rise very much, if at all). 
  • Use Christmas cookie cutters to cut shapes out of the dough.
  • Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with a baking mat or parchment paper.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool COMPLETELY before icing with royal icing or cream cheese frosting, (see links below for icing/frosting recipes)