Name: Mom's Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, softened - ¾ cup; Tightly packed brown sugar - ½ cup; White sugar, divided, or as needed - 3 tablespoons; Egg yolk - 1 large; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 cups; Unsalted butter, melted - ½ cup; Powdered sugar - 2 ½ cups; Milk, or more as needed - 3 tablespoons; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Chocolate sprinkles, or as needed - 2 tablespoons

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30 min.

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Ingredients for - Mom's Christmas Cookies

1. Unsalted butter, softened - ¾ cup

2. Tightly packed brown sugar - ½ cup

3. White sugar, divided, or as needed - 3 tablespoons

4. Egg yolk - 1 large

5. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

6. All-purpose flour - 2 cups

7. Unsalted butter, melted - ½ cup

8. Powdered sugar - 2 ½ cups

9. Milk, or more as needed - 3 tablespoons

10. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

11. Chocolate sprinkles, or as needed - 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Mom's Christmas Cookies

1. Stage

Mix butter, brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon white sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg yolk and vanilla and mix until well combined. Blend in flour gradually. Cover and chill in the refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.

2. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place remaining 2 tablespoon white sugar on a plate.

3. Stage

Remove dough from the refrigerator. Shape into small balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Dip a glass into the sugar and press on each ball to flatten.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven, switching racks halfway through, until edges are golden, 7 to 9 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool, 8 to 10 minutes more.

5. Stage

While the cookies are cooling, mix butter and powdered sugar until blended. Mix in milk and vanilla.

6. Stage

Frost cooled cookies with frosting. Press sprinkles into the frosting while still soft.