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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📌 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.
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To learn how to make these cookies visually and have a deeper understanding of all, watch this video.
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📌 Ingredients for Christmas Cookies
The Cookie Dough
- Make one batch of this cookie dough recipe. (Makes a little over 850g | 30oz)
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.
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📌 Baking tips
🔥 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.
👩🏻🍳 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!
📌 Ways to enjoy them
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 the exact same. The most important thing is for you to have fun!
If you are not trying to make the cookies look perfect, this would be also a fun activity to do with kids and family!
💬 If you loved this recipe, please share your feedback on this post! I always love to hear how you enjoyed it at home with your friends and family.
📌 Printable recipe
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
- Salt
- Whole egg
- 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 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, Salt, Whole egg, 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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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!