Teeny Tiny Festive Sugar Cookies

 

I bet there are lots of people out there rolling and cutting and baking big batches of sugar cookies tonight. Sugar cookies are such a sleeper favorite – you don’t think they’re that important but the crunch when you bite into one with a cup of coffee after dinner is just perfect. This year, when I was rolling mine out I decided to try my teeny tiny star shaped cookie cutter, which has previously only been used for mini cinnamon garlands.

While these teeny guys aren’t that suitable for the cookie plates I’m putting together for our neighbors, they are perfect to have on hand in case anyone stops by for a cup of coffee over the holidays. They provide the perfect bit of sweetness and crunch, but they’re so tiny you don’t even have to count them as a full cookie!

My only tip with these is to bake them on their own – they’re so tiny they bake much faster than regular size sugar cookies and they’re liable to burn if you bake them with the rest of your batch. And since I’ve eaten about 17 of them while I was writing this post (which still doesn’t count as a whole cookie, or so I tell myself), I might have to make another batch tonight!

Happy Christmas Eve eve!

{I use Alton Brown’s classic sugar cookie recipe and I found my tiny cookie cutter at Stock in Dublin.}