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Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars (+Video)

These homemade Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars are not only festive but are delicious! A sugar cookie base topped with a creamy, fluffy frosting!

This sugar cookie bar recipe that I am sharing today is literally half sugar cookie and half frosting. They are decadent and delicious. Now, obviously I am using some Christmas-colored sprinkles. But, of course, you can switch these up with whatever colored sprinkles you love.

Holiday Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars, stacked with a bite taken out of one bar.

TIPS FOR MAKING THESE HOLIDAY-INSPIRED BARS:

These are not difficult to make but here are a few things to keep in mind.

  • Make sure you are using real butter (not margarine) and that the butter is softened to room temperature (not melted.) Generally, I just leave the butter out on the counter the night before I am going to make these.
  • Same with the cream cheese, make sure it is softened to room temperature or else the frosting will come out lumpy and it won’t incorporate into the frosting properly.
  • Check the expiration date on your baking powder. 9 times out of 10 if baked goods don’t turn out right, it’s because the ingredients weren’t fresh.
Homemade Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars recipe from The Country Cook. Sugar Cookie Bars shown cut out and laying next to each other on parchment paper.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)

cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, sprinkles.

Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Line a 9×9 baking pan with parchment paper. Beat together butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in egg and vanilla. Finally, beat in flour and baking powder, a little at a time, until you have a thick dough. Gently stir in the sprinkles.

sugar cookie batter with sprinkles in a glass bowl.

Spread batter into prepared baking pan. Bake at 350f degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown. When finished baking, take cookie bar out of the oven and allow it to cool fully. Once cooled, gently lift sides of parchment paper to remove the entire bar from baking pan.

sugar cookie bar batter in baking pan.

To make the frosting, blend powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla and milk with an electric mixer. Spread frosting generously onto cooled cookie bar, and top with additional sprinkles.

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars, topped with red and green sprinkles.

Cut into squares and serve immediately or let frosting set for a firmer feel.

close up, homemade sugar cookie bars topped with cream cheese frosting.

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Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars (+Video)

These homemade Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars are not only festive but are delicious! A sugar cookie base topped with a creamy, fluffy frosting!
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 9

Ingredients

For the sugar cookie bars:

  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter, softened to room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ cup festive sprinkles

For the frosting:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter softened to room temperature
  • 3 Tablespoons cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • additional sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Line a 9"x 9" baking pan with parchment paper.
  • Beat together butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in egg and vanilla. Finally, beat in flour and baking powder, a little at a time, until you have a thick dough. Gently stir in the sprinkles.
  • Spread batter into it prepared baking pan. This will take a few minutes because it is thick. Bake at 350f degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Once it's finished baking, take cookie bar out of the oven and allow to cool fully. Once it is cooled, carefully lift the sides of the parchment paper to pull the whole cookie bar out of the baking pan.
  • To make the frosting, blend together powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla and milk with an electric mixer. Spread frosting generously on cookie bar, and top with additional sprinkles.
  • Cut into squares and serve immediately or let frosting set for a firmer feel.

Video

YouTube video
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 10mg | Sugar: 52g

Nutritional Disclaimer

“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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27 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Oh mercy, I made these for a work Christmas party. I cut them up pretty small because there was a ton of other desserts there. Anyhow, this one was the first one emptied!! Everyone said I should’ve doubled it. Ha! Needless to say it was a HUGE hit and I had to point everyone to your site for the recipe. Thanks so much for making me a star!

  2. I just discovered your site and everything looks amazing! Can’t wait to get started. Can I make the sugar cookie bars and freeze them? Should they be frozen without the frosting? Thank you. Gigi

  3. 5 stars
    This is a fast and easy recipe! Kids will love to help on this one. Note: when making the bar, the consistency is more like cookie dough (not batter-as mentioned in the recipe). I worried I may have mixed it wrong, but they came out perfect! Holiday favorite!

  4. 5 stars
    So yummy! They turned out soft and chewy! I halved the frosting per another comment and thought that was perfect!

  5. Hi Brandie,
    I’m going to make these delicious looking bars. My question is, have you ever made these then frozen them? If so, frozen with the icing or without?
    Thank you for your help!

  6. 5 stars
    Brandie, these are AMAZING!! My new favorite holiday treat! They’re so easy to make and I had all the ingredients on hand. The sugar cookie part is so soft and chewy and everything a sugar cookie should be, except thicker!! And they’re so versatile. For Valentine’s, I plan to make a batch using red/heart sprinkles 🙂 Thank you for sharing!!

  7. Do you think I could make these ahead a couple days before a family gathering? How long do you think they will be “good” after making them? Will they continue to be soft? I’m excited to try these! Thanks for posting the recipe!

  8. I have a dairy allergy and use margarine or crisco for everything I bake. It always turned out fine without the butter. Can I just do the same for this recipe?

  9. These look delicious! Thank you! Thank you! for answering a question I have always wondered about…salted versus unsalted butter. My husband does the grocery shopping and he always forgets to get unsalted butter. We have the same old discussion about why do I need unsalted butter. and why can’t I just use regular butter . I thought it was absolutely necessary to follow the directions to a T. You have restored peace in my home/ I am making these bars tonight. Merry Christmas to you and your family.