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 good for the festive season, and may be embellished nevertheless you need. It’s scrumptious, moreish and everybody will adore it. 

Christmas traybakes

I’ve written infinite quantities of recipes for the festive interval, tons of by this level. Amongst these, are infinite 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 in terms of traybake. 

I am keen on 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 high. 

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 a bit of embarrassing. Nevertheless, it’s a fantastic recipe in itself. 

Sugar cookies are iconic, and a basic recipe for cookies that you just need to enhance with royal icing and ideal for the festive interval. Nevertheless, I needed to stage this scrumptious bake as much as create one thing a bit of completely different that’s extra of an American deal with, is sugar cookie bars. 

Cookie dough

So in terms of a cookie dough like this, I’ve primarily copied the sugar cookie dough I’ve already posted. I am keen on the cookie dough, you all adore the cookie dough, why change it. 

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

Frosting 

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

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

Suggestions & Tips 

• These bars will final 4-5 days at room temperature 
• These will freeze for 3+| months
• You’ll be able to flavour the sugar cookie bars with any flavouring you favor – lemon is scrumptious
• You’ll be able to flavour the frosting as properly actually simply 
• I exploit 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 go away 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 enhance with the sprinkles 

• These bars will final 4-5 days at room temperature 
• These will freeze for 3+| months
• You’ll be able to flavour the sugar cookie bars with any flavouring you favor – lemon is scrumptious
• You’ll be able to flavour the frosting as properly actually simply 
• I exploit this traybake tin for this recipe 
• I used this pink meals colouring

ENJOY!

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