Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars – Jane’s Patisserie

A deliciously candy traybake of Christmas sugar cookie bars based mostly on the basic cookie, with a candy frosting and ornament

A easy however candy traybake that’s excellent for the festive season, and might be adorned nonetheless you need. It’s scrumptious, moreish and everybody will adore it. 

Christmas traybakes

I’ve written limitless quantities of recipes for the festive interval, lots of by this level. Amongst these, are limitless quantities of traybake concepts from my Christmas tree brownies, to my mince pie crumble bars, and even my caramel gingerbread cookie bars. They’re all ends of the spectrum with regards to traybake. 

I like giving traybake a festive theme as a result of it ranges the up much more than regular as a result of the ornament is by way more enjoyable, often the flavours are even higher, and I simply LOVE something with some Christmas sprinkles on prime. 

Sugar cookies 

So I’ve a sugar cookie recipe on my weblog, and it desperately wants an replace. It’s a really previous recipe with the unique formatting, pictures and so forth… and it’s slightly embarrassing. Nonetheless, it’s a terrific recipe in itself. 

Sugar cookies are iconic, and a basic recipe for cookies that you just wish to beautify with royal icing and excellent for the festive interval. Nonetheless, I wished to stage this scrumptious bake as much as create one thing slightly totally different that’s extra of an American deal with, is sugar cookie bars. 

Cookie dough

So with regards to a cookie dough like this, I’ve primarily copied the sugar cookie dough I’ve already posted. I like the cookie dough, you all adore the cookie dough, why change it. 

• Butter – unsalted block butter is greatest for the style you’re after on this bake, not a selection or margarine. 
• Sugar – caster sugar is vital as a result of it creates the sunshine and candy flavour from a fundamental bake like this
• Vanilla – elective, however once more it makes the great flavour of the sugar cookie 
• Egg – this makes the dough richer, and great 
• Flour – plain flour is vitally vital, and essential for this recipe. You don’t need any elevating agent. 

Frosting 

The frosting is a straightforward American buttercream frosting as a result of I need this bake to purposely be easy. Additionally, I discover this form of frosting will set laborious as soon as it dries, and that’s useful for a bar like this. 

• Butter – unsalted butter is vital to make a frosting because it creates the thick unfold you want, and can assist it set
• Icing sugar – simply fundamental icing sugar as at all times! P.S. I by no means sieve it
• Vanilla – slightly little bit of vanilla for the scrumptious style 
• Salt – a pinch of salt might sound odd to some, however belief the method
• Color – you possibly can color the frosting no matter color you need – it’s as much as you! 

Ideas & Methods 

• These bars will final 4-5 days at room temperature 
• These will freeze for 3+| months
• You may flavour the sugar cookie bars with any flavouring you like – lemon is scrumptious
• You may flavour the frosting as effectively actually simply 
• I take advantage of this traybake tin for this recipe 
• I used this pink meals colouring

Sugar cookie bars

• 250 g unsalted butter
• 200 g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 medium egg
• 425 g plain flour

Ornament

• 150 g unsalted butter
• 300 g icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of sea salt
• meals colouring
• sprinkles

Sugar cookie bars

• Preheat the oven to 190ºc/170ºc fan and line a 9×13” tin with parchment paper

• Beat the butter and sugar collectively in a bowl till fluffy 

• Add the vanilla and egg and blend once more

• Add the flour and beat to a dough

• Press into the bottom of the tin firmly

• Bake for 20-22 minutes after which depart to chill absolutely

• In a brand new bowl, beat the butter on it’s personal till clean

• Add the icing sugar and beat once more

• Add the vanilla, salt and colouring

• Unfold and fluff over the bars and beautify with the sprinkles 

• These bars will final 4-5 days at room temperature 
• These will freeze for 3+| months
• You may flavour the sugar cookie bars with any flavouring you like – lemon is scrumptious
• You may flavour the frosting as effectively actually simply 
• I take advantage of this traybake tin for this recipe 
• I used this pink meals colouring

ENJOY!

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