The Best Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars

These festive cookie bars combine the flavor of sugar cookies with the ease of bar cookies. Topped with vanilla frosting and sprinkles for holiday flair.

Got a holiday cookie exchange coming up? These festive sugar cookie bars are about to become your secret weapon! They’ve got all the flavor of classic sugar cookies but way less work no rolling or cutting needed. Top them with creamy vanilla buttercream and lots of Christmas sprinkles and watch them disappear from the cookie table first!

Why You’ll Love These

No chilling needed here just mix press and bake! Instead of decorating dozens of individual cookies you get one big beautiful pan. The bars stay super soft and chewy inside with that perfect buttercream layer on top. Plus you can switch up the colors and sprinkles for any holiday or celebration.

Round Up These Ingredients

The Basics: Soft butter eggs vanilla.
Two Sugars: Regular and brown make them extra soft.
Extra Flavor: Almond extract gives that bakery taste.
Dry Team: Regular flour cornstarch for tenderness.
For Frosting: More butter powdered sugar cold cream.
The Fun Part: All your favorite Christmas sprinkles!

Let’s Start Baking

Get Ready: Crank that oven to 350°F grab your 9×13 pan line it with parchment paper makes lifting them out super easy!
Mix Your Base: Beat those butter and sugars until they’re super fluffy about 3 minutes. This step’s important makes everything soft and chewy later. Add your egg vanilla and that secret almond extract mix until it looks smooth and creamy.
Add The Dry Stuff: Pour in your flour cornstarch baking powder and salt. Mix just until you don’t see any flour hiding in there. The dough should feel soft but not sticky if it’s too wet add a tiny bit more flour.
Into The Pan: Press that dough into your pan get it nice and even. I use clean hands or the bottom of a measuring cup to smooth it out. Don’t stress about perfection they’ll taste amazing either way!
Bake Time: Pop them in for about 20 minutes and here’s the trick they might look a little underdone in the middle that’s exactly what you want! They’ll finish setting up as they cool and stay super soft.
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