There is not better time of year to get into the kitchen and have some fun with the kids (yes, that is possible!) then in the lead up to Christmas, and this easy Vanilla Christmas Cookies recipe is the perfect project for your little helpers to get involved with.
I decided to make these Vanilla Christmas Cookies after being sent a range of products from iconic bakeware brand Bakers Secret to have some fun with (check out the end of this post to find out how you can win a great gift pack too!). There really is nothing like new bakeware to get you inspired (yep, I’m a kitchen nerd!) and in just a few days we’ve used our products to make the BEST Roasted Potatoes I’ve had in a very long time, Apple and Cinnamon Cupcakes and of course these yummy Vanilla Christmas Cookies which we made for the boys to take to kindy to share with their friends for morning tea.
The medium sized Baker’s Secret Baking Tray is the perfect size for approximately 20 cookies, perfect when you have a couple of little people fighting eager to have a turn placing the cookies onto the tray and decorating. These Vanilla Christmas Cookies really are perfect to make with the kids, although you do have to watch that they don’t eat all of the decorations!
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Ingredients
- 125 of butter – softened
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ¼ cups of plain flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- Red and Green M&M's to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190 degrees and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Place the butter, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and combine until pale and creamy.
- Beat through the eggs one at a time and combine well between each addition.
- Remove the bowl for the mixer stand and carefully stir through the flour and baking powder.
- Roll tablespoons of mixtures into balls, place on the baking trays making sure you leave enough space in between each cookie as they will spread a little. Flatten the top of the cookie slightly and decorate with the red and green M&M's. Continue to create cookies until all the mixture has been used.
- Place baking trays in the oven and bake for 10 – 12 minute or until the cookies begin to brown on top. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking trays for 5 minutes before carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Vanilla Christmas Cookies Thermomix Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190 degrees.
- Place the butter and caster sugar into your Thermomix bowl and mix for 30 seconds on speed 6.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix for 20 seconds on speed 4 to combine.
- Add the flour and baking powder and mix for 20 seconds on speed 4 or until combined. Stop after 10 seconds to scrape down the sides.
- Scoop up tablespoon sized balls of the cookie mixture and place onto your prepared baking trays. Flatten the surface of the biscuits slightly and decorate with red and green M&M’s and place in the oven to bake for 12 – 15 minutes.
- Carefully remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before carefully transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Justine Joyce
Would these cookies work using gluten free flour?
Lauren
Yes I think they would 🙂
sapna
We love to bake the whole Gingerbread Men family because Christmas is all about family togetherness plus they are so much fun to decorate .
cheryl mishio
If you asked my kids they would say the “Gingerbread House” (we usually end up mag 2 of them as the first doesn’t generally make it to Christmas…soon as its built they want to eat it ! Plus I always buy heaps of extra lollies because for every one that makes it onto the house , they eat !). My favorite has got to be Buttery Shortbread – it just tastes like Christmas to me !
cheryl mishio
If you asked my kids they would say the “Gingerbread House” (we usually end up mag 2 of them as the first doesn’t generally make it to Christmas…soon as its built they want to eat it ! Plus I always buy heaps of extra lollies because for every one that makes it onto the house , they eat !). My favorite has got to be Buttery Shortbread – it just tastes like Christmas to me !
Lee Gregory
We have always made my mums Christmas pudding, and anyone in the house at the time of making has to help stir! The kids love it!
Lauren
Family recipes are the best 🙂
Nikki Stevenson
My 3 year old and I made shortbread last night!! Was so yummy, however literally a quarter of the mixture was eaten by my princess!! Talk about a good taste tester in the making ☺
Now we are to decorate with icing and pretty christmas sprinkles!!!
Lauren
Haha, you’ve got to love having a little ‘helper’!