Each year, we have a holiday cookie-baking day! We make about six different types of cookies to share as gifts for family and friends. One of our favorites each year is making sugar cookie cutouts. They look great on gift platters (Affiliate Link), and the kids have fun making them. Recently, I found this great Ugly Sweater cookie-cutter kit and had to buy it.
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Ugly Sweater Cookie Cutter Decoration Instructions
I brought the Ugly Sweater Cookie kit home (Amazon affiliate), and my husband saw (Affiliate Link) it on the counter and left me a Post-it stuck to the package that read, "You are not allowed to buy anything on your own anymore." LOL - I don't care. It looked fun, and for a small amount of money, it was a cheap way of entertaining ourselves while making cookies. Here is how I made it.
Get a sugar cookie premixed bag.
First, I used a sugar cookie premixed bag from Betty Crocker's(affiliate) recipe. The kit also had a recipe on the back of the box if you wanted to make it from scratch. Since I had used Betty Crocker's sugar cookie package before, I decided to stick with what I knew.
Roll out dough
I rolled out the dough and used the cookie cutter. It says to make sure it is on the cookie sheet (Affiliate Link). I highly recommend ensuring enough room between the cookies so you don't have to move them like I did. It wasn't easy at all. I cut them a little close, thinking they would be like regular smaller cookie cutouts, but it was too close. =(
After I made these four, I took the dough and rolled it out again to make more. This time, I allowed space between each cookie. I decided to cut the parchment paper (Affiliate Link) and move the parchment, and each individual cookie cut out and placed on the cookie tray. It seemed to work best that way. I made a total of six(6) cookies from one batch of dough. It wasn't a lot at all, but I didn't care.
Then I used the rolling stamp that makes the pattern for the sweater. It included raindeers, zigzags, and Christmas trees that if you turned upside down, they looked like hearts. Check them out below, my son helped me with this as you can see below.
Reveal
Here is a couple of them finished. They look pretty good.
We used the premixed cookie icing with a narrow tip, and it worked pretty well to decorate. To be honest, I was a little overwhelmed by how to decorate the patterns after they were finished baking. What if they didn't look nice? What if they didn't look ugly? Well, who cares? It was fun to make. Here are a few of my creations.
Yes, I got grief from my kids and husband, but it worked, and it was fun to make. I think I will feel more comfortable making them next year. I might even follow the sugar cookie recipe on the back of the kit. We shall see.
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