Name: Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 18 36 depending on size cut
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); 2 sticks of butter (at room temperature ); 6 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; pinch salt; 1/4 cup heavy cream

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a 9x13 baking dish with foil, leave some overhang to make removal easier.
Spray foil generously with nonstick cooking spray.
In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy.
Add in eggs and vanilla extract and continue to beat.
Lower speed of mixer and add flour, baking soda and salt, and mix until combined.
Add sprinkles and give a final stir.
Transfer cookie dough to prepared baking dish.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes on oven rack in lower third of oven to prevent over browning.
Let cool completely.

For Buttercream Frosting

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine butter and powdered sugar.
Add vanilla and and salt and mix until well combined. Slowly mix in heavy cream, adjusting amount as needed.