In this post, I am sharing how to make 3 kinds of delightful slice-and-bake Christmas cookies; Santa, Santa boots, and wreath cookies!
The cookies are buttery and crunchy. Just a perfect little treat to enjoy with a hot drink during this holiday season.
If you know me, you may know I LOVE making slice-and-bake cookies. In the past on my YouTube channel so far, I shared how to make slice-and-bake easter egg cookies, happy clover cookies, and Christmas tree cookies.
Slicing the dough is like opening up a present you were patiently waiting for. Excited, nervous, and feeling like a kid again at the moment!
Last year, I made slice-and-bake Christmas tree cookies. This year, I tried to simplify the process a little bit more so that you can make them with less effort!
In this post, you'll learn essential baking skills such as:
- The techniques to shape each design
- How to cut/shape them easier - temperature control
- Decorating tips you can apply to different kinds of cookies
- How to bake them to maximize the result. ......and so on!
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📌 Ingredients For Christmas Cookies
Cookie Dough
- Make one batch of this cookie dough recipe.
Decorations
- Food coloring
- Red (Santa hat, boot, and red deco), green (wreath), orange (Santa face), and black (Santa eyes) as the main colors. Use any colors you like!
- Egg wash
- Mix the same amount of egg white and water.
- Sprinkles
- Gold, pink, and green sprinkles to cover the logs. And white, gold, and tree sprinkle to decorate the sliced cookie dough. Pick any sprinkle you like!
📌 How to Make Christmas Cookies
Follow the 11 steps:
Cookie dough:
- Make 1 batch of the cookie dough recipe.
Color/Shape them
- Color the dough: Take about 300g | 10.5oz from it to make all the parts. (Save the rest to cover the parts later.) Divide it by 3 and color each:
- ⅓: red (Santa hat and boots)
- A little less than ⅓: green (Wreath)
- A little more than ⅓: Color about ⅓ of it with orange (Santa face) and use the rest for plain parts. (a center of the wreath and Santa beard)
- Shaping wreath:
- Make a pole. (Diameter: 1.5cm | 0.6") Freeze. Curve it with a star cookie cutter to make a ruffle pattern.
- Cover it with the green dough evenly. Freeze. Curve it with a cookie cutter again.
- Cover it with plain dough evenly. Freeze.
- Shaping Santa boots:
- Make a rectangle shape. (Width: 1.5cm | 0.6", Height: 2.5cm | 1") with red dough. Freeze. Cut the sides with a knife. Use the extra dough to complete the feet shape. Chill it again.
- Cover it with plain dough evenly. Freeze.
- Shaping Santa:
- Make a semicylinder. (Width: 2.5cm | 1", Height: 1cm | 0.4") Freeze.
- Attach plain dough on top of it as his beard. (Mix in white sprinkles if you like.) Chill it again.
- Make a hat part. (Width: 2.5cm | 1", Height: 1.3cm | 0.5") Freeze.
- Attach the face and hat parts with extra dough and egg wash. Chill.
- Cover it with pale green dough evenly. Freeze.
Decorations
- Decoration parts with extra dough:
- Tiny red balls as plant fruits
- Roll the extra plain dough and attach white sprinkles. Chill it. Cut to use it as fluffs for the Santa boots, hat, and beards.
- Apply a thin layer of egg wash and attach sprinkles to the logs.
- The diameter of the logs: About 4cm | 1.6"
- The length of the logs: About 15cm | 5.9"
- Slice all the logs (5mm intervals).
- Decorations:
- Wreath: Attach tiny red balls and sprinkles
- Santa boots: Attach the dough for fluffs, tiny red balls, and sprinkles as the leaf.
- Santa: Attach the dough for fluffs (hat and beard), sprinkles (his browse and pom-pom of his hat), red balls (his nose), and black coloring (his eyes).
Bake!
- Freeze the cookies until right before you bake.
- Bake!
- First, bake at 350F/176C for about 7 mins
- Next, bake at 330F/165C for another 7 mins or more until the edge is slightly toasted.
📍 The printable recipe is at the very end of this post.
Jump to Recipe📌 Baking Tips
👩🏻🍳 Chill the sliced cookie dough completely until right before baking By doing that, they don't spread too much in the oven. Freeze them to maximize the result!
🔥 First, Bake at 350F/176C (Preheated) for about 7 mins
Turn the temperature down to 330F/165C and bake for another 7 mins or more until the edge is slightly toasted.
- Adjust the time and temperature depending on the oven and the size of your cookies. (Today, it was about 2 inch/5cm)
- To enjoy the crispy texture, bake cookies until you see nice golden caramelization around the edge.
📌 Uses For Slice & Bake Christmas Cookies
Gift these special cookies to share with your friends and family! Make a cute Christmas cookie box or decorate it in a glass jar or gift bag with some candies and marshmallows...?? I can already see their smiles!
I gotta say, these cookies are definitely not something you can make quickly. It does take time to make! But I think The details and efforts move people's hearts sometimes.
Also, if you don't have time, simply omit some decorations. Or pick just 1-2 designs! You do not need to make everything I showed today. Change the color, size, and shape as you like. No need to stress out too much about making them look super precise; The most important thing is for you to have fun!
📌 Frequently Asked Questions
Store them in an air-tight container for up to 4 days at room temperature or a few weeks in a fridge. But of course, eating them sooner is better for the freshness.
If you want your cookies to stay crispy, adding silica gels to the container is a great option.
YES! For example, you can make the dough and color it on Day 1, shape them and make the logs on Day 2-3, slice and bake on Day 4, box them up on Day 5, etc. Do it a little by little at your pace. You can also freeze the dough between the task to keep the freshness.
It should make 50-55 cookies if you slice them in 5mm | 0.2" intervals. The length of the logs is about 15cm | 5.9" and the diameter is about 4cm | 1.6". You can change them as you like. No need to stick to the size and length!
Wrap the dough tightly and store it in a fridge for up to 4 days or a few months in a freezer.
Yes! You can add any flavors you like. Just don't add too much so that the cookies don't spread a lot in the oven.
I do not recommend that since it contains raw eggs in it. Store in a fridge or freezer for food safety reasons.
📌 VIDEO: Slice & Bake Christmas Cookies
To learn how to make these cookies visually and have a deeper understanding of all, watch this video.
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📌 Printable Recipe
💬 If you loved this recipe, please share your feedback on this post! I always love to hear how you enjoyed it with your friends and family.
Slice & Bake! 3 Christmas Cookies
Equipment
- Stand mixer with a pedal Or a bowl with a whisk and spatula
- Whisk to mix flours
- Spatula
- Plastic wrap to wrap the dough to store
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 8 oz Butter (soft) 2 US sticks
- 5.6 oz Powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 egg Whole egg
- 1 yolk Egg yolk Save the egg white for egg wash
- 12.3 oz Cake flour
- 2.5 oz Almond flour
Decorations
- Food colorings Your choice!
- Sprinkles Your choice!
- Egg white Mix the same amount of egg white and water to make the egg wash.
Instructions
- Make 1 batch of my icebox cookie dough. (A link for the recipe is in the post)8 oz Butter (soft), 5.6 oz Powdered sugar, ¼ teaspoon Salt, 1 egg Whole egg, 1 yolk Egg yolk, 12.3 oz Cake flour, 2.5 oz Almond flour
- Color the dough: Take about 300 g | 10.5 oz from it to make all the parts. (Save the rest to cover the parts later.)Divide it by 3 and color each:* ⅓: red (Santa hat and boots)* A little less than ⅓: green (Wreath)* A little more than ⅓: Color about ⅓ of it with orange (Santa face) and use the rest for plain parts. (a center of the wreath and Santa beard)Food colorings
- Shaping Wreath: 1. Make a pole. (Diameter: 1.5 cm | 0.6 ") Freeze. Curve it with a star cookie cutter to make a ruffle pattern. 2. Cover it with the green dough evenly. Freeze. Curve it with a cookie cutter again.3. Cover it with plain dough evenly. Freeze.
- Shaping Santa Boots:1. Make a rectangle shape. (Width: 1.5 cm | 0.6 ", Height: 2.5 cm | 1 ") with red dough. Freeze. 2. Cut the sides with a knife. Use the extra dough to complete the feet shape. Chill it again.3. Cover it with plain dough evenly. Freeze.
- Shaping Santa:1. Make a semicylinder. (Width: 2.5 cm | 1 ", Height: 1 cm | 0.4 ") Freeze. 2. Attach plain dough on top of it as his beard. (Mix in white sprinkles if you like.) Chill it again.3. Make a hat part. (Width: 2.5 cm | 1 ", Height: 1.3 cm | 0.5 ") Freeze.4. Attach the face and hat parts with extra dough and egg wash. Chill.5. Cover it with pale green dough evenly. Freeze.Egg white
- Making decoration parts with extra dough:* Tiny red balls as plant fruits and a Santa nose.* Roll the extra plain dough and attach white sprinkles. Chill it. Cut it for the Santa boots, hat, and beards.
- Apply a thin layer of egg wash and attach sprinkles to the logs. * The diameter of the logs: About 4cm | 1.6"* The length of the logs: About 15cm | 5.9"Egg white, Sprinkles
- Slice all the logs with about 5mm intervals.
- Decorations:* Wreath: Attach tiny red balls and sprinkles* Santa boots: Attach the dough for fluffs, tiny red balls, and sprinkles as the leaf.* Santa: Attach the dough with white sprinkles (hat and beard), white sprinkles (his browse and pom-pom of his hat), red balls (his nose), and black coloring (his eyes).Sprinkles
- Freeze the cookies until right before you bake.
- Bake!:1. First, bake at 350 F | 176 C (Preheated) for about 7 mins. 2. Next, turn the temperature down to 330 F | 165 C and bake for another 7 mins or more until the edge is slightly toasted.
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Notes
How to store them:
Store them in an air-tight container for up to 4 days at room temperature or a few weeks in a fridge. But eat them sooner for the best taste.Adding a silica gel to the container is a great option if you want your cookies to stay crispy. Chill the dough completely until right before baking. By doing that, they don't spread too much in the oven. I like to freeze them to maximize the result!
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BADR says
you are great
i like your imagination in the design of shapes
i really enjoy it
thx so much ...pls keep on i found it very interesting
ayacaliva says
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!