Can’t have Christmas without sugar cookies.
Tip #1 Acquire two willing helpers. It may not make the process go any faster but it will bring a smile to your face more than once.
Tip #2 Buy a package of these:
They will allow even the most amateur cookie dough maker to roll out consistently perfect dough.
Also, rolling your dough on a floured dish cloth makes even stubborn pieces easy to pick up.
Tip #3 Parchment paper. Lots of parchment paper.
Tip #4 Use every last bit of dough even if it means switching to a smaller cookie cutter. These will be the cookies you’ll use when your helpers beg to have some before they are cooled/frosted. Being able to say, “Sure you can have one now.” will earn you major Mom points. Besides there’s no point in wasting. 
Tip #5 Decorate, decorate …. because plain sugar cookies look lonely and because it’s fun!
**This post backdated for chronological reasons.
