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Decorated Santa Suit Cookies

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Decorated Santa Suit Cookies make any festive dessert table extra special. These buttery cookies take on cheerful, Santa-themed designs with vibrant royal icing, crafted after baking until lightly golden. Add Santa's hat trim, beard, and cheerful face using red and white icing, plus playful touches like candy noses and edible sprinkles for eyes. They're perfect for family decorating nights or holiday gifting, bringing smiles and holiday joy to everyone enjoying them.

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Mena
Updated on Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:19:30 GMT
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Holiday Santa Outfit Cookie Cutouts are a treasured Christmas activity that mixes scrumptious buttery cookies with fun decoration time. These treats start with a rich, tender sugar cookie base, crafted from softened unsalted butter, sugar, and subtle flavor boosters like vanilla and almond extracts. The dough gets rolled, cut into cute shapes, and baked till just right. After cooling down, they're dressed up with white and red royal icing, dusted with colorful sugar crystals, and finished with sweet candy bits to create adorable Santa suit patterns.

INGREDIENTS
  • Room Temperature Unsalted Butter: 1 cup
  • Sugar: 1 cup
  • Large Egg: 1
  • Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp
  • Optional Almond Extract: ½ tsp
  • All-Purpose Flour: 3 cups
  • Baking Powder: ½ tsp
  • Salt: ¼ tsp
  • Royal Icing Powdered Sugar: 3 cups
  • Meringue Powder: 2-3 tbsp
  • Water: 4-5 tbsp, adjust as needed
  • Red Gel Food Coloring: As needed
  • Red Sugar Crystals: As needed
  • White Sugar Crystals: As needed
  • Black & Pink Nonpareils: For eyes and cheeks
  • Mini Red Candies or Tiny M&Ms: For nose
  • Piping Bags with Small Round Tips:
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1:
Beat butter with sugar until soft and airy (about 2-3 minutes). Add in egg, vanilla, and if you want, almond extract too.
Step 2:
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Slowly blend into your butter mix until just combined. Split dough in two parts, wrap with plastic, and cool in fridge at least 1 hour.
Step 3:
Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). On a floured counter, roll dough to ¼-inch thick and cut into shapes (round or Santa face). Put on baking sheets lined with parchment.
Step 4:
Cook for 8-10 minutes until the edges barely turn golden. Let cool on a wire rack.
Step 5:
For the royal icing, stir together powdered sugar, meringue powder, and water until smooth. Make it thicker or thinner by adding more sugar or water. Color half of it red and fill your piping bags.
Step 6:
Decorate your cookies: Apply red icing to make Santa's hat and sprinkle with red sugar crystals; create beard and trim with white icing, then dust with white sugar crystals. Add pink and black dots for cheeks and eyes, pop on a red candy nose. Draw a smile if you'd like.
Step 7:
Wait for the icing to fully harden before eating or packing up.
Serving and Storage Tips
  • Keep these treats fresh in a sealed container for up to 7 days.
  • They make wonderful handmade gifts or additions to cookie swaps.
Helpful Notes
  • Go for gel food coloring to get brighter red without watering down your icing.
  • Don't rush the cooling process—hot cookies will melt your icing right off.

Tips from Well-Known Chefs

  • Chef Tip: When adding small details, try using the smallest piping tip and keep your hand steady with even pressure.
Festive Cookie Fun

These cute Santa outfit cookies add smiles to any holiday spread. Their sweet flavor and charming looks make them the star of Christmas cookie platters.

Why Santa Suit Cookies Are Special

Mixing yummy sugar cookie taste with festive decorations, these treats capture Christmas joy perfectly. They're great for family baking days and make thoughtful homemade presents.

FAQs

Can I prepare the dough beforehand?

For sure, you can make and chill it up to 2 days early so baking day goes smoother.

How do I get that perfect Santa-hat red?

Stick with concentrated gel food coloring for the brightest shade.

What if I'm out of meringue powder?

You can swap in pasteurized egg whites to get similar results for your royal icing.

Will these cookies freeze well after decorating?

They sure will—just freeze them in a single layer first before stacking in an airtight box.

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Conclusion

Decorated Santa Suit Cookies are a delightful treat made using simple buttery dough rolled out into fun shapes. After baking, the cookies are adorned with rich royal icing in classic Santa colors – red, white, and black – creating festive designs like Santa’s hat, beard, and suit details. Mini candies and sprinkles complete the look, adding personality to each cookie. These cookies aren’t just for eating – they’re a great activity for family and friends to enjoy while getting into the holiday spirit. Perfect for gift boxes or as part of festive celebrations, they’re bound to impress with both appearance and flavor.

Santa Suit Cookies

Cookies shaped and styled like Santa's suit using royal icing.

Prep Time
90 Minutes
Cook Time
10 Minutes
Total Time
100 Minutes
By: Mena

Category: Desserts & Baking

Difficulty: Intermediate

Cuisine: Holiday

Yield: 24 Servings (24 cookies)

Dietary: Vegetarian

Ingredients

01 1 cup of butter, softened.
02 1 cup white sugar.
03 1 large egg.
04 1 tsp of vanilla.
05 1/2 tsp of almond flavoring (optional).
06 3 cups plain flour.
07 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
08 1/4 tsp salt.
09 3 cups of powdered sugar (for decorating icing).
10 2-3 tbsp of meringue mix.
11 4-5 tbsp water (adjust to get the right texture).
12 Red food gel.
13 Red sparkly sugar.
14 White sparkly sugar.
15 Pink and black sprinkles (for cheeks and eyes).
16 Tiny red candies or M&Ms (for the nose).
17 Piping bags with fine tips.

Instructions

Step 01

Whip the butter and sugar together for a couple of minutes until it gets fluffy and pale.

Step 02

Stir in the egg, followed by the vanilla and almond flavorings (if you're using almond).

Step 03

In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add this to the creamy butter mixture until it's one smooth dough.

Step 04

Split the dough into two, wrap each piece tightly in plastic, and chill for at least an hour.

Step 05

Set your oven to 350°F (175°C) and get your baking sheets ready with parchment paper.

Step 06

Roll the dough out to about a quarter-inch thickness on a floured surface. Use cutters to make your shapes (Santa faces or circles), then lay them on your baking trays.

Step 07

Let the cookies bake for 8-10 minutes, pulling them out when the edges start going golden. Move them to a rack to cool off.

Step 08

Mix the powdered sugar with the meringue powder and water until it's smooth. Tweak the thickness if needed. Split it, color one part red, and load the colors into your piping bags.

Step 09

Pipe red icing onto the top of each cookie (that’s the hat) and sprinkle it with red sparkly sugar.

Step 10

Use the white icing for Santa's hat trim and beard. Sprinkle these parts with the white sparkly sugar for texture.

Step 11

Add pink and black sprinkles for cheeks and eyes. Pop a tiny red candy (or mini M&M) where Santa's nose goes. You could also draw on a little smile using the white icing if you like.

Step 12

Make sure all the decorated cookies are fully dry before you serve or pack them up.

Notes

  1. These Santa cookies are a fun and cheerful holiday activity to enjoy with friends or family.
  2. A simple buttery cookie base meets colorful toppings with festive flair.

Nutrition Facts (Per Serving)

It is important to consider this information as approximate and not to use it as definitive health advice.
  • Calories: 180
  • Total Fat: ~
  • Total Carbohydrate: ~
  • Protein: ~