Relish these citrusy Christmas wreath cookies decorated with sprinkles – tasty dessert that can be stored for holiday treats.
Christmas Wreath Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 30
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons grated lime peel
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons lime juice
- Betty Crocker™ colored sugars, if desired
- White candy sprinkles or Betty Crocker™ colored sprinkles, if desired

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat butter, sour cream and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add egg, lime peel, lime juice and vanilla; beat until smooth. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda and salt until dough forms. Gather dough into ball; divide in half. Shape each half into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. Place pastry cloth on work surface; sprinkle with flour. With floured cloth-covered rolling pin, roll 1 disk of dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut with floured 3-inch fluted cutter. With 1-inch scalloped or fluted canapé cutter, cut out center of each circle. On ungreased cookie sheet, place wreath cutouts 1 inch apart. Cut each small cutout in half; brush backs of small cutouts with water and place on wreaths for bows. Repeat with second disk of dough.
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Step3Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges start to brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool completely.
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Step4In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of the lime juice with wire whisk. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is thin. Working with a few cookies at a time, brush glaze over cookies and immediately decorate with sugars and sprinkles as desired. Let stand until set. Store in layers with waxed paper between.
Nutrition
110
Calories
3 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 65mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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