Making sugar cookie cutouts with Bisquick is an easy shortcut for busy families!
Making Bisquick sugar cookies is an easy way to enjoy cutout cookies for any holiday!
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If your kids are like mine, they probably adore making cutout sugar cookies.
It’s a fun way to celebrate any holiday (not just Christmas), simply by having various shapes of cookie cutters.
Once I figured out how easy it was to make peanut butter cookies with Bisquick and chocolate chip cookies with Bisquick, I decided to try making Bisquick sugar cookies, because it’s such a great shortcut.
I’m happy to report that the resulting cookies were soft, tasty, and best of all–easy!
You can decorate them with sprinkles, frosting, or just leave them plain–they’re delicious either way!
Making Sugar Cookies with Bisquick Baking Mix
The nice thing about using Bisquick baking mix to make cookies is that it cuts down on all of the dry ingredients needed.
Often, you need flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, etc. to make a batch of homemade cookies.
But when you make sugar cookies with Bisquick, you just need one dry ingredient, and that’s the baking mix! Not only do you save time by not having to measure out a bunch of different ingredients, but this is also perfect for people who may not have baking staples in their pantry.
Or, if you need a last-minute way to make a small batch of cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve, this is the recipe for you!
Oh, and you can also make chocolate chip Bisquick muffins, Bisquick applesauce muffins, blueberry Bisquick muffins, or Bisquick banana muffins for an easy Christmas morning breakfast.
Be sure to check out my list of the best things to make with pancake mix for more delicious ideas. 🙂
More Easy Cookie Recipes for the Holidays:
- Old-Fashioned Soft Molasses Cookies
- Decadent Twix Cookies
- Easy Scottish Shortbread Cookies
- Cream Cheese Cookies
- Strawberry Jello Sugar Cookies
- Pistachio Pudding Cookies
- Lime Jello Sugar Cookies
- Soft and Chewy Brownie Mix Cookies
- Easy M&M Cookie Bars
- Pancake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies
How to Make Bisquick Sugar Cookie Cutouts
It’s really easy to whip up a batch of sugar cookie dough with Bisquick. You just need a few basic ingredients to enjoy warm, soft sugar cookies!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- Butter
- Confectioner’s sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Almond extract
- Egg
- Bisquick baking mix
How to Make Bisquick Sugar Cookies:
(Full printable recipe card is available below)
Cream butter and sugar. First, you’ll use an electric mixer to mix together the softened butter and confectioner’s sugar, along with vanilla and almond extracts and egg, mixing until combined.
Add Bisquick. Next you’ll add the Bisquick to the bowl, mixing just until it’s incorporated and a soft dough forms.
Roll and chill. Roll out the dough between two pieces of parchment paper. You want it to be about 1/4″ thick. Then transfer it to the refrigerator to chill for about an hour.
Cut, decorate, and bake. Use cookie cutters to cut out cookies. If desired, add sprinkles. Re-roll scraps of dough and repeat.
Bake them on a lined baking sheet for about 6-8 minutes, just until the edges are starting to turn golden.
Notes and Adaptations:
- The amount of cookies you’ll get from a batch of dough depends on the size of your cookie cutters. We used cookie cutters that averaged about 3″ tall, and yielded about a dozen cookies. If needed, feel free to double the recipe (or use smaller cookie cutters) to make more cookies.
- If you don’t want to make cutout cookies, you can also roll the dough into balls, then flatten slightly when placing on the baking sheet. You will need to bake them for a couple more minutes in this case to ensure they bake in the center.
Recommended Equipment:
Bisquick Sugar Cookies
It's a cinch to make sugar cookie cutouts with Bisquick baking mix!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 cups Bisquick baking mix
- Optional: Sprinkles for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or in a large mixing bowl with a handheld electric mixer), combine butter and confectioner's sugar, along with vanilla extract, almond extract, and egg. Mix until combined.
- Add Bisquick baking mix, mixing on low speed just until combined.
- Roll dough out to 1/4" thickness in between two pieces of parchment paper. Transfer dough to the refrigerator and chill for about an hour.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes from the dough. Re-roll the scraps of dough and repeat.
- Decorate cookies with sprinkles if desired, then transfer to prepared baking sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes, just until edges start to turn golden.
- Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack to cool.
Notes
- The size of your cookie cutters will determine how many cookies you get from one batch of dough. We use cookie cutters that were mostly about 3" tall, and we yield about 12 cookies from one batch. Feel free to double the batch or use smaller cookie cutters if you need more cookies.
- If you don't want to make cutout cookies, you can also roll the dough
into balls, then flatten slightly when placing on the baking sheet. You
will need to bake them for a couple more minutes in this case to ensure they bake through in the center.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 198Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 421mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 3g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and is not guaranteed for accuracy.
Can you use gluten free Bisquick in this recipe?
Hi Peggy! I haven’t tested the recipe with gluten free Bisquick, so unfortunately I can’t say for sure how they would turn out. I would imagine it would work just fine, but the cookies might be a tad bit more gritty in texture. If you already have a favorite gluten free baking mix (such as King Arthur’s or Pamela’s or Bisquick), you could give it a try in this recipe. If you try it, I’d love to know how it worked for you!
I love your cookie recipes. I was wondering if you could use the sugar cookie recipe for spritz cookies? That was a big thing in our house at Christmas time. Mom would get everything out for cookies. And we would make a day of it.
Thank you so much, Sally! To be honest, I have never made spritz cookies, as I’ve always found them a little intimidating! 🙂 But I know they are a wonderful tradition in many homes. So I’m not totally sure if this recipe would work with a cookie press. I looked at a few spritz cookie recipes, and it seems they usually don’t use any leavening agents, such as baking soda or baking powder, because they want the cookies to retain their shape instead of puffing up or spreading out during baking. Bisquick does have some leaveners in it, so it’s possible the cookies might puff up a little bit during baking. Mine don’t puff up a lot when I make cutout cookies with this recipe, though, so it might work just fine! If you do try it, I’d love to hear if it works for you or not!
Why do you assume everybody has an electric stand mixer? Not all of us are as economically fortunate as you seem to believe we are.
Hi Eli! Pretty much any recipe that mentions an electric stand mixer can be made with a regular mixing bowl and handheld electric mixer. I’ve updated the recipe to include both options, as the stand mixer is not a necessity. Hope that helps! 🙂