Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookies (best sugar cookie recipe) (2024)

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What to add to an ugly Christmas sweater? ›

Too much sugar and butter can make sugar cookies spread and lose their shape when baked. This one requires a little patience because once you roll out your dough, you are ready to bake. Be patient and bake your cookies when the dough is really cold.

Take plain sugar cookies up a notch with exciting mix-ins like chocolate chips, rainbow sprinkles, toasted chopped nuts, chopped dried fruit or M&M's. Add these after blending your butter and egg into the sugar cookie mix.

All you need is a sweater you already own and minimal crafting skills to recreate these looks. Some are even no-sew ideas, so you can still deck your sweater out with lights, mirrors, ornaments and so much more with just a good old-fashioned glue gun.

“Proceeds of this sweater will go to charity.” 2 Chainz promoted his five-figure sweater in a tweet, in which he wrote, “$90,000 cash. 50 carats of diamonds and 250 grams of gold on the worlds most expensivest ugly Christmas sweater.

It's best to keep your pants on the simpler side to ground that sweater of yours. If you want to keep the fun going, go for a pair of red or green chinos! Otherwise, some neutral trousers or a pair of dark wash denim will suffice.

Refrigerating the dough allows the flour to fully hydrate and helps to make the cookie dough firmer. Firm dough prevents the cookies from spreading too much, which is why chilling the dough is a crucial step for cut-out and rolled cookies.

Just roll the dough into one inch balls and then coat them in equal parts cinnamon and sugar. Then I press them gently with a glass before baking them according to the directions on the package. That's it!

Sprinkle about 1 tablespoon flour onto work surface; coat all sides of dough with flour. With rolling pin, roll out dough 1/4 inch thick, adding additional flour as needed to prevent sticking.

How do you attach something to an ugly sweater? ›

Tip: If you're worried about getting pinched or poked by hooks and wire, use a glue gun to attach your ornaments and bows to the sweater. You won't be able to reuse the sweater again afterward, but it'll look nice for your party! Put your sweater on carefully so that you don't knock off any ornaments.

Why not add bells, sequins and beads to your sweater? And finish with a sweet and fun Christmas patch from our big selection of patches. If you feel like adding ribbons, funny quotes, heat transfer fabric or textile paint and pens, then this is the place to roam free.