Best No Chill Sugar Cut Out Cookies

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These Best No Chill Sugar Cut Out Cookies are one of the most popular cookie recipes we just cannot resist, especially for the Christmas holiday season! Nothing beats the flavor of homemade iced sugar cookies!

These soft, thick bakery-style sugar cookies hold their shape quite nicely, with no chilling of the dough, decorated with a delicious cookie icing that is delectably fun and so scrumptious!  You may love these ‘Ugly Sweater’ Christmas Cookies and these Santa’s Christmas Trash Cookies too!

About Our Best No Chill Sugar Cut Out Cookies

If you’re looking for a way to skip the wait of chilling and all the fuss and go straight to making the perfect baked, chewy deliciousness of freshly homemade no chill sugar cut out cookies, you’re in the right place.

As the holiday season approaches, the sweet aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air and brings a warm feeling of nostalgia. These delectable cookie cutter sugar cookies will not only satisfy your cravings, but also save you time and effort in the kitchen.

Whether you’re a novice baker or a seasoned pro, this article will guide you through the process of creating the best no chill cut out sugar cookies. Get ready to impress your loved ones and indulge guilt-free in these irresistible treats.

Get your apron on and get ready to bake up some delicious treats!  You’ll absolutely love this Best No Chill Sugar Cookies recipe!  These cookie cutter sugar cookies are quick and fun to make with the kids and even more fun to eat! Let’s start baking!

Ingredients You Need

Instructions How to Make No Chill Cut Out Sugar Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat.

How to Make The Sugar Cookie Dough

1. In a mixing bowl, add your cool unsalted butter, sugar, and salt. The butter should still be cool, not cold, but not room temperature as well, otherwise this will cause the cookies to spread. Unsalted and salted butter have very different water percentage contents. Using salted butter can and often will cause spreading.
2. Turn electric mixer to lowest speed available so as to not incorporate any air into the dough. Air will also cause spreading! Mix together mixture just until incorporated.
3. Mix in 2 cold eggs and the vanilla to the mixture and beat at lowest speed just until the eggs and vanilla are just incorporated in.  Make sure the eggs are cold, another reason the cookies will hold shape. The mixture may be lumpy looking, and that is fine.  Just make sure there are no big chunks of butter and mix more if you need to if needed, while scraping down sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
4. Add the flour and turn your mixer on to the lowest setting, and mix until it all comes together. It will not take long for it all to come together. Turn the mixer off and touch the dough. If you can leave an imprint with your finger without the dough sticking to it, its ready to roll!
5. Remove sugar cookie dough and roll into a ball.  Split the dough in half to start rolling dough.  Place other half aside. Prepare a work surface with a light dusting of flour on surface, hands and rolling pin.
6. Using floured hands, flatten out the dough a bit, then use a rolling pin to roll it and smooth it out to be THICK, about 3/8 inch. Use a measuring tape to make sure.
7. Lightly dust your chosen cookie cutters with flour. Press firmly into the dough, utilizing your space wisely.
8. Place your cut dough onto your prepared baking sheets and bake in your preheated oven for 10-14 minutes depending on the size of your cookies. Don’t bake over 14 minutes. You want these to be thick and soft and once they are cooled, they will be just that!
9. After removing baked cookies from the oven, let the cookies set on the cookie sheet for 2-4 minutes.
10. Move them onto a cooling wire rack to cool completely.

How to Make Sugar Cookie Icing For Your Cookie Cutter Sugar Cookies

1. In a mixing bowl, using a mixer, combine powdered sugar and start with 1/4 cup milk.  Mix until smooth.  Add corn syrup and almond extract. Add more milk as needed to create a smooth mixture, one tablespoon at a time.  Mix everything together until smooth about 5 minutes.  The corn syrup is used to help the icing harden and it also adds shine.

How To Decorate Your No Chill Sugar Cut Out Cookies

1. To decorate your cookie cutter sugar cookies, you can use an outline icing and a flood icing.  Your outline icing should be the consistency of toothpaste.  Your flood icing should be the consistency of corn syrup and is what is used for most of the cookie.  Add food coloring one drop at a time until desired color is reached.
2. Pro tip: For easy loading, place a piping bag using a small hole tip or snip small hole.  Can use ziplock bag if you wish, if you don’t have piping bags. Place tip down, into a tall glass and pull the top down around the sides of the glass. This will hold the bag in place while you pour. Keep unused icing sealed until ready to use.
3. You can start with outline icing and then thin it out with milk to get flood icing if you wish as well. Piping an outline creates defined edges and holds the thin icing in place, preventing it from running down the sides of the cookie. You don’t have to outline your cookies if you don’t want, but if you just use the flood icing, make sure you allow a little room for the icing to spread to the edges.
4. Use a toothpick or a quilling tool to work the icing into place. A gentle tap or two will help the icing settle.
5. If you end up with any little air bubbles, you can pop those with your toothpick or quilling tool.
6. Allow the icing to dry completely before packing or adding additional decorations (about 6-8 hours).
7. Store them on cookie sheets tented with foil to keep the cookie bottoms from drying out.

Is Sugar Icing Like Royal Icing?

• No, sugar icing and royal icing are not the same. While they can both be used to decorate cookies, royal icing contains egg whites or meringue powder, which makes the royal icing dry harder and more suitable for precision detailing. Sugar icing, on the other hand, is made with water or milk and confectioners’ sugar, resulting in a softer, less hard-drying icing, which is what we are using on these cookies! 

Storing Cut Out Sugar Cookies

• Sugar cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. Keep them in a cool, dry area of your kitchen; any additional humidity may change their texture, particularly with frosted sugar cookies. Once you’ve decorated your cookies with the sugar icing and they are set, you can stack the cookies.
• You can freeze sugar cookies in airtight freezer bags for up to three months.

Sugar Cookie Tips

• Don’t overmix the cookie dough!  Mix at the lowest speed available so as to not incorporate any air into the dough. Plus, air will also cause spreading! Just mix together mixture just until incorporated.
• Go easy on the flour when you roll the cookies out. When you roll the dough out on a floured work surface, do not over-flour! It will make the dough tough and dry. Lightly flour the work surface just enough that the dough will not stick. Then, lightly flour your rolling pin. You can avoid flour all together by rolling out the dough on parchment paper.
• Once you cut the cookies out, you can always flash-freeze them for 5-10 minutes to get clear cut out shapes, if your cookie dough becomes a little warm.  I love doing this!
• Bake on parchment paper. Place a sheet of the paper on your baking sheet for easy removal and cleanup. Then, once you cut out the cookie shapes, transfer the cookies to the parchment paper to bake.
• Remember to roll out the dough evenly and uniformly. If you’re having trouble making the dough even, try using a ruler to help you measure the thickness of the dough. Rolling it too thin will make it hard to handle, and rolling it too thick will give you a heavy crust. To get them the right thickness, the dough should be rolled out to about 3/8 inch before they go in the oven.  It makes all the difference in the world to have your cookies thick and not too thin to get the best texture!
• Remove cookies from the oven before they getting golden. Most people tend to over-bake sugar cookies, but there should be hardly any color when baking them for the best texture when biting into them!
• If you’re old school, and want to decorate your cookies with a delicious buttercream frosting instead, go for it!
• Check out these Air Fryer Sugar Cookies (from Scratch Recipe) for another quick cookie option for air fryer lovers!

By following these tips and tricks, you can elevate your cookie game and impress everyone with your baking skills. Remember to keep the dough cool, use quality ingredients, and experiment with different flavors and shapes to add your personal touch.

There you have it! Making this best no-chill sugar cut out cookies recipe is a creative and enjoyable experience that doesn’t have to be complicated.

By using the right ingredients, following the right instructions, and adding a few touches of your own, you can make delicious no-chill cookies that will put a smile on everyone’s face.

Perfect for any festive occasion, these cookies are sure to impress with their delicious flavor and beautiful designs. Say goodbye to tedious chilling and hello to more time for decorating and enjoying these delectable treats. Upgrade your holiday baking game with the best no-chill cut out sugar cookies. Your taste buds (and guests) will thank you!

Remember, you don’t need to be a professional baker to make the most incredible no chill sugar cut out cookies ever – all you need is the right techniques, which I’ve provided for you!

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Best No Chill Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Kim Lange

This amazing cookie recipe makes the most delicious soft, thick bakery-style sugar cookies!  They hold their shape quite nicely, with no chilling of the dough and are decorated with a simple smooth-looking cookie icing that is delectably fun and scrumptious!

4.86 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Cooling Time 10 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 20 Cookies

Calories

Ingredients

  

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Best No Chill Sugar Cookies

• 4 sticks unsalted butter, cool from the fridge not room temperature, (2 cups)
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, cold not room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 6 cups all purpose flour

Sugar Cookie Icing

• 6 cups powdered sugar
• ¼ cup whole milk use more for thinner icing
• ⅓ cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• gel food coloring use whatever colors you want to use. I divided mine into 4 bowls, added color to 3 and left 1 white icing.
• sprinkles, sugars

Instructions

 

Best No Chill Sugar Cookies

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.

Making the Sugar Cookie Dough

• In mixing bowl, add your cool unsalted butter, sugar, and salt. The butter should still be cool, not cold but not room temperature as well, otherwise this will cause the cookies to spread. Unsalted and salted butter have very different water percentage contents. Using salted butter can and often will cause spreading.
• Turn mixer to lowest speed available so as to not incorporate any air into the dough. Air will also cause spreading! Mix together mixture just until incorporated.
• Mix in the 2 cold eggs and the vanilla to the mixture and beat at lowest speed just until the eggs and vanilla are just incorporated in.  Make sure the eggs are cold, another reason the cookies will hold shape. The mixture will be lumpy looking.  Just make sure their are no big chunks of butter and mix more if you need to if needed, while scraping down sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
• Add the flour and turn your mixer on to the lowest setting, and mix until it all comes together. It will not take long for it all to come together. Turn the mixer off and touch the dough. If you can leave an imprint with your finger without the dough sticking to it, its ready.

How to Make the Cookies with A Cookie Cutter

• Remove dough and roll into a ball.  Split the dough in half to start rolling dough.  Place other half aside. Prepare a work surface with a light dusting of flour on surface, hands and rolling pin.
• Using floured hands, flatten out the dough a bit, then use a rolling pin to roll it and smooth it out to be THICK, about 3/8 inch. Use a measuring tape to make sure.
• Lightly dust your chosen cookie cutters with flour. Press firmly into the dough, utilizing your space wisely.
• Place your cut dough onto your parchment paper covered cookies sheets and bake in your preheated oven for 10-14 minutes depending on the size of your cookies. Don't bake over 14 minutes. You want these to be thick and soft and once they are cooled, they will be just that!
• After removing from the oven, let the cookies set on the cookie sheet for 2-4 minutes.
• Move them onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

Sugar Cookie Icing

• In a mixing bowl, using a mixer combine powdered sugar and start with 1/4 cup milk.  Mix until smooth.  Add corn syrup and almond extract. Add more milk as needed to create a smooth mixture, one tablespoon at a time.  Mix everything together until smooth about 5 minutes.

How to Decorate Cookies

• To decorate cookies, you can use an outline icing and a flood icing.  Your outline icing should be the consistency of toothpaste.  Your flood icing should be the consistency of corn syrup and is what is used for most of the cookie.  Add food coloring one drop at a time until desired color is reached. Cookies do not have to have borders and you may just opt to do flood icing if you wish.
• Pro tip: For easy loading, place the piping bag into a tall glass and pull the top down around the sides of the glass. This will hold the bag in place while you pour. Keep unused icing sealed until ready to use.
• Working with one cookie at a time, pipe an outline around the inner edge of the cookie. Let it sit for just a minute or two then fill in the inner section with the same color. Immediately take a toothpick or icing needle and work the icing to fill in any exposed areas.
• For a completely smooth surface, don't wait too long to fill in the outline. If the online dries too much you will see the distinction between the outline and inner area.
• Decorate with sprinkles while the icing is still wet.
• Allow the icing to dry completely before packing or adding additional decorations (about 6-8 hours).
• Store them on cookie sheets tented with foil to keep the cookie bottoms from drying out.

Notes

This icing will keep for several weeks on the countertop, in a sealed container.

Practice piping on a sheet of parchment paper before you begin decorating cookies. This will give you a feel for how much pressure to use when squeezing out the icing and it's a good way to get used to holding the piping while drawing.

 

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