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Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars

November 14, 2018 by Melissa 7 Comments

These Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars are perfect for holiday baking! Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookies bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars

These sugar cookie bars are adapted from my super popular M&M’S Christmas Cookie Bars and are just as delicious. There is something about frosted sugar cookies that immediately sets the mood for the holidays.

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

Start by mixing the sugar cookie dough in a stand mixer. Then add a cup of Christmas color sprinkles, not nonpareils. Save the nonpareils for sprinkling on top of the frosting. If you mix them into the sugar cookie dough, they will run and make the cookie dough a muddy brown color.

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

Line a 9×13 glass baking dish with foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Once they have cooled and been frosted, this will allow you to easily remove the entire pan and cookie bars and slice them evenly. Transfer the cookie dough to the baking pan. The dough should be thick.

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

Bake for 35 minutes, until edges are golden brown and middle is just set. Do not over bake, cookie bars will continue to cook as they cool.

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

Once the cookie bars are completely cooled, prepare the buttercream frosting. You can hurry the cooling process along by placing the pan in the refrigerator or freezer once they have cooled for about 30 minutes.

 

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

I like to use nonpareils on these Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars, but you can also use the same sprinkles you added to the sugar cookie dough.

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

These Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars are so easy to make, and can be cut into any size depending on how many you want to serve. This recipe makes an entire 9×13 pan of sugar cookie bars.

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

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Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 
Course: Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas, Cookie Bars, Cookies, Holiday
Servings: 18 36 depending on size cut
Author: Melissa
Ingredients
  • 2 sticks of butter at room temperature
  • 2 cups of granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
  • 3 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 cup red and green sprinkles
  • red and green nonpareils for topping
Buttercream Frosting
  • 2 sticks of butter at room temperature
  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • pinch salt
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line a 9x13 baking dish with foil, leave some overhang to make removal easier.
  3. Spray foil generously with nonstick cooking spray.
  4. In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy.

  5. Add in eggs and vanilla extract and continue to beat.
  6. Lower speed of mixer and add flour, baking soda and salt, and mix until combined.

  7. Add sprinkles and give a final stir.

  8. Transfer cookie dough to prepared baking dish.
  9. Bake 35 to 40 minutes on oven rack in lower third of oven to prevent over browning.
  10. Let cool completely.

For Buttercream Frosting
  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine butter and powdered sugar.

  2. Add vanilla and and salt and mix until well combined. Slowly mix in heavy cream, adjusting amount as needed. 

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

You may also like:

M&M’S Christmas Cookie Bars 

Grandma’s Peanut Brittle Recipe 

See’s Candy Fudge Recipe 

 Candy Cane Cookies

 

 

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

 Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars -Frosted with homemade buttercream and packed with festive Christmas sprinkles, these sugar cookie bars are great for gift giving or serving a crowd.

 

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  1. Debbie

    December 3, 2018 at 3:56 am

    Do you use salted butter?

    Reply
    • Melissa

      December 3, 2018 at 9:48 am

      I usually do because that’s what I have on hand. I haven’t noticed any difference between salted and unsalted butter in the cookie bars. ?

      Reply
  2. Natasha

    December 6, 2019 at 10:46 am

    5 stars
    What a fun way to make sugar cookies look Christmas-ey! I am so excited to try this recipe!

    Reply
  3. Emily

    December 6, 2019 at 11:08 am

    5 stars
    These sugar cookie bars are one of our favorite treats for the holiday cookie platters!

    Reply
  4. Toni

    December 6, 2019 at 11:23 am

    5 stars
    My kids really loved this treat!! So good!

    Reply
  5. Jan Servoss

    December 12, 2019 at 5:53 pm

    I have a question. These bars look mouth wateringly good, but I don’t really like sprinkles. Do they add anything to the taste? If I leave them out or use less, will it change the taste?
    I LOVE your chocolate peppermint cookies. I may just have to work my way through all your cookie and bar recipes this Christmas! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Melissa

      December 12, 2019 at 7:05 pm

      Thanks, Jan! I think they will be great without sprinkles!

      Reply

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