Thanksgiving Sugar Cookie Recipe

5 from 16 votes

Thanksgiving Sugar Cookie Recipe

Soft and delicious thanksgiving sugar cookies are perfect for all of your celebrations. Decorated like turkeys, they are super cute and easy to create!

Prep Time30

Cook Time10

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Lil' Luna

Ingredients

Cookie

3/4 c unsalted butter softened
8 oz cream cheese softened
1 c sugar
1/2 c powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract
2 3/4 c all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Frosting & Decorations

1/3 c butter softened
4 1/2 c powdered sugar
1/4 c milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
food coloring
Miniature Reese's, candy eyeballs, candy corn, brown sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Add the butter, cream cheese, sugars, egg and almond to a large bowl. Use a hand mixer or kitchen aid to cream them together until fluffy.
In a separate bowl sift together the dry ingredients- flour, baking powder and salt. Once combined add the dry ingredients to sugar mixture. Mix until soft dough forms.
Roll out the dough. Thin dough will make a crunchier cookie. For a softer cookie roll the dough to about 3/8 inches thick. Cut the dough with a cookie cutter. {NOTE: Try not to handle the dough too much}
Place the cookie cutouts onto a greased baking pan. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool.
Make the frosting by adding the butter, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and almond to a mixing bowl. Use a hand mixer to combine.
Frost the cookies and sprinkle with brown sprinkles. Decorate each cookie by adding a Reeses’s to the middle with candy corn around the top of the Reese’s. Add candy eyeballs using frosting for glue and pipe on orange frosting feet.

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