½cuppowdered sugar mixed with red/green sparkling sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat mats.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except the final ingredient (the powdered sugar + the colored sugar). Use an electric mixer to combine until well mixed. Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.
Bake cookies for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool COMPLETELY before you remove them from the baking sheets. If you don't let them cool completely, they will crumble easily. Be patient 🙂 .
Roll cooled cookies in the sparkling powdered sugar mixture. Store cookies at room temperature in a covered container for up to three days. Or store in the freezer in a covered container for up to 30 days.
Notes
It's important that you use good butter for this recipe (not generic store-bought), and it's important that the butter is softened, not melted, not kind of still hard, but SOFT. I like to put my butter in the laundry room to soften when I'm running the dryer because it gets nice and warm in there 🙂
If you would like to GIFT this cookie in a gift jar, layer all of the ingredients in the order listed (except for the butter and vanilla). Put the powdered sugar + colored sugar in a small zip or plastic baggie and place on top of the other ingredients. Seal the jar, print out the instructions and gift to a friend for the holidays!