My family had so much fun with this. We stopped in to the Dollar General and purchased Chocolate Chip, Gingerbread, and Pumpkin Spice cookie mixes. I’m going to keep it real and tell you that I really love the ease and convenience of the cookie mixes. Most mixes only require an additional ingredient or two like a stick of better and an egg. The cookies are delicious too!
The kids loved helping out with the cookies. They especially loved how good the house smelled after baking the gingerbread cookies.
After the cookies are completely cooled, you can move on to decorating them. I wanted to stick with some simple decorating techniques that the kids would enjoy doing. I also knew that the cookies would need to be stacked on a plate, so I wanted a sturdy design. That’s why we decided to do a sugar cookie glaze that hardens. It’s much easier to make and use than royal icing, but it dries hard so the cookies are stackable!
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ tsp Vanilla extract
- 1-2 Tbsp Water
- 1 Tbsp Light Corn Syrup
- Food Color
- Mix the powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1 Tbsp Water. Mix it the best you can, it will be very thick.
- Add the corn syrup and mix.
- If the glaze is too thick, add water a small amount at a time, up to 1 Tbsp of water. The thinner the glaze the more it will spread and run. For these cookies I preferred a thick consistency.
- Add small amounts of food coloring and stir until the desired color is reached.
- If you find the glaze is thinner than you like, add more powdered sugar.
- Spoon a small amount of glaze onto the cookie and use the back of the spoon to spread it around.
- Decorate the cookie as desired.
- Let the glaze dry completely. The thicker the glaze, the longer the drying time.
The snowflake cookies were blue color glaze with snowflake sprinkles. After the glaze dried, I added some blue edible glitter for extra sparkle.
The Christmas Light Cookies were a lot of fun. We used both green licorice string and a green candy writer to make a line. Then we added Christmas light sprinkles. You can do straight lines or a big tangled mess. Personally, I like the tangle of lights.
After we got the cookies all ready to go, we printed out the cute tags available on the Betty Crocker site and got ready to deliver our goodies. Make sure you grab the gift tags and the door hanger. The door hanger has some directions so your goody recipients can keep the fun going and continue to #SpreadCheer. Make sure you post on social media with the hashtag #SpreadCheer so you can get in on the fun.
We put our cookies in bags that could hang off a door knob. This way if they aren’t home, the cookies aren’t sitting on the ground!
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I love the light string cookies. I also use glaze for the same reason, easier to store/stack. I guess I could share…..
cookies are always a great way to spread cheer!
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I’d take her some teas and healthy snacks and also something to enjoy at bathtime.
I love Sugar Cookies
and they would be
in my treat box!
Carla from Utah
I would love to spread cheer to my sister and neighbors!
I love baking cookies for others during the holidays. I usually include homemade candies and some of our homemade Kahlua and Irish Cream for the adults. Everyone loves the goodies.
I’d include Russian Teacakes.
I would spread cheer to my friends and neighbors.
I would like to spread cheer to my son-s teacher. . She would love something like this too.
I’d like to spread cheer to my son’s preschool teachers for taking such good care of him.
So yummy looking!
I would like to spread cheer to the folks at the Dorchester County Senior Center
We decided this year we will be spreading cheer to our neighbor because she has no family.
I would love to include the mitten shaped cookies in a gift basket.
I’d like to spread cheer to our neighbors and a elderly Aunt we visit weekly.
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i would like to spread cheers to my families and of cause my neighbours
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They have some cute printable tags! It would be fun to spread some random cheer while out and about.
I’d like to spread cheer to my mom she’s going through a rough patch in life.
I think the peppermint sugar cookie bark would make a great treat basket.
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I want to do something nice for my sister and add chocolate chip cookies.
I would like to spread cheer with the kids
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I absolutely love the Christmas light cookies! That’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. I didn’t know they made Christmas light sprinkles. I’m gonna have to find those and make some. I will share with my grandmother and the others that live at the nursing home with her.
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I would like to spread cheer to my mom
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I would like to spread cheer to my parents.
I would like to go to a nursing home and speak with the people in there during the holidays.
I would include little pumpkin loaves and give them to neighbors
I`d like to spread the cheer to my mother in law. I`d include lots of home baked goodies.
I’d like to include my Nanaimo bars, because everyone loves them.
I would like to spread cheer to my Landlord, his wife passed away last year.
I always want to spread cheer to my grandchildren!
I’d like to spread cheer through my family. I’d include chocolate chips.
I’d like to spread some cheer to my boyfriends family
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Cookies are always a great holiday gift 🙂
I’d put brownies in my treat basket.
I would love to spread cheer to our neighbors! We are pretty new here and don’t really know anyone!
The light bulb ones are too cute!
I spread cheer to the ladies at church 🙂
spread cheer to my mom.
I’m doing baking now to spread some cheer to a Nursing home my Mother is in. They always love little surprises..
I would like to spread cheer to my neighbors. Thank you
I like to spread cheer to my neighbors by giving them cookies every Christmas!
We love to #spreadceer to the local nursing homes and police and fire stations. Such an easy way to let others know you are thinking about them.
I’d add biscotti ♡♡ and share with family & friends
My cheer basket would include fresh fruit , cookies, candies & wine
I’d love to spread cheer to my mom.
I’d take her some teas and healthy snacks and also something to enjoy at bathtime.
I’d spread cheer to my Dad
Iove those cookies!
We will be spreading cheer with cookies this year as well
chocolate mint bars and fudge in out little cheer-baskets, something for the grandmas and neighbors
I’d love to make their Christmas Tree Cookie Pops to spread cheer to my daughter’s swim team!
I would include cookies and cake pops
I would like to spread cheer to all of my chronically ill friends who are homebound like I am.
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I spread cheer to my co-workers during the holidays.
I would and have #spreadcheer to my local animal shelter.
I would love to spread some cheer with my pastor and his wife.
I spread some cheer to my boss a couple of weeks ago because she’s been sick for several weeks.
I would like to spread cheer to some family members for the season.
I would spread cheer to my brother
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I think I would spread cheer to some of the teachers at my school. I would put Buckeyes, the toffee, and some cookies in the basket.
i want to spread cheer to my neighbors, they need some good cheer.
I spread cheer to my co-workers.
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We bake cookies and pass out to friends and neighbors
I would spread cheer to all the people I work with.
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I would like to spread cheer to my parents.
I would like to spread cheer to my family, in particular my sister. She has had a rough year.
I’d like to spread cheer to my co-workers who have been covering my workload while I’ve been home sick.
I would spread cheer to neighbors with cookies. Yum!
I spread cheer to my neighbors.
I’d like to spread cheer to my neighbor.
I’d like to spread cheer to my son’s school teacher.
I love to bake cookies and start baking the day after Thanksgiving I also love to make mini cheesecakes and rum cakes
I’d like to spread cheer to my neighbors. I would make the things I usually make for them like assorted cookies, some fudge and toffee.
I would love to spread cheer to my neighbor! She has done so much for me and my family!! And saved my life a few months ago getting 911 to come pick me up!