Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars for Santa

These Christmas sugar cookie bars are nothing new; they’re the same as my Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookie Bars, but with a Christmas twist. The video for this recipe shows the Valentine’s Day candy hearts–just sub in the Christmas M&Ms and everything else is the same!

I decided to bring them back to the front and update them, because my Mom has been talking non-stop about how good they are since she made them in February. She said they’re the best sugar cookie bar recipe ever, and when your Mom gives one of your recipes a title like that, you take note.

I had a Christmas sweater decor idea in mind when decorating these Christmas sugar cookie bars, and used a variety of M&Ms. This year, the purple bag of dark chocolate M&Ms are all green and red, so that’s what I used. Plus, the white chocolate peppermint M&Ms are over-sized white and red.

They might do this every year, but this is my first year buying the seasonal M&Ms because we used them for potty training Camille, hah! (All I wanted for Christmas this year is less laundry! I’ve been washing cloth diapers every 3 days for 2 1/2 years–wish granted! Thanks, Santa

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars for Santa

Ingredients

•     2 1/2 cup flour
•     10 tablespoons butter, softened
•     1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
•     1 cup granulated sugar
•     1/2 teaspoon salt
•     1 tablespoon vanilla extract
•     1 egg and 1 egg white

Frosting Ingredients

•     2 cups powdered sugar
•     1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
•     5oz butter, softened
•     3 oz cream cheese, softened
•     Red and green miniature M&M’s

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350° and grease a 9x13” baking pan with butter or a nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine your butter and sugar and beat with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Now mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
4. Then mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together and add it to your wet ingredients.
5. Stir in red and green sprinkles.
6. Press your cookie dough into the bottom of your baking pan.
7. Bake for 20-23 minutes and let cool.
8. Frost your bars with your vanilla frosting and top with red and green M&M’s.

Frosting Directions

1. In a small mixing bowl, beat your butter and cream cheese until fluffy
2. Mix in your vanilla extract and powdered sugar one cup at a time.
3. add 1/2-3/4 cup more powdered sugar for a thicker frosting.

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