Christmas and new year have arrived, it's time to make a snowman
cookies for your beloved family. Take the time to create this adorable and
delicious treat with the children in your life.
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| Great snowman cookies for holiday parties or winter’s treats for a school, Church or family gathering. Allow the fun of a snowman to enter into the world of goodies. |
Sugar Cookies:
- 1/2 cups (1 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:
- Beat together butter and sugar until light and creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- Gradually mix in flour, baking powder and salt. Shape the dough into two balls, flatten, and wrap in plastic wrap.
- Freeze for an hour or two (or refrigerate overnight). Either pinch of pieces of dough and flatten or roll it out and cut out shapes.
- Bake the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 13 minutes at 350F, without letting them get brown.
- Transfer to wire racks to cool.
Icing:
Ingredients:
- 3 egg whites
- 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 pound confectioner's sugar
Icing Directions:
- Beat the egg whites and lemon juice together.
- Gradually add in the sifted sugar on low speed until smooth. Beat for several minutes until shiny.
- Use immediately or cover and refrigerate or it will begin to harden.
- For this recipe - thin the icing out (with water) until you can swirl a spoon through it, and the mark will disappear in a second or two. Only add a tablespoon or so at a time.
Instructions for Creating Snowman:
- With your cookies on parchment paper, spread the icing over each of the cooled cookies, making sure that a little drips over the sides in a few places. You don't want too much to pool on the parchment paper, just a little puddle.
- Right after you finish with the icing, place the marshmallows on a microwave-safe plate, and zap them for 20 to 25 seconds. You want them to puff up considerably.
- While they're microwaving - grease up your fingers (spray with cooking spray). Pull them out, then carefully lift each one and place them on the cookies.
- Now comes the fun part - decorating. I used an edible ink pen (you can find them at most craft or baking supply stores) to draw on the arms, and the snowman faces. For the bottoms, I used a combination of icing, mini chocolate chips, and sugar pearls for some snowman variation.
- Some of the snowman seemed quite happy with their impending deaths, some were sad, some were pretty shocked at the occurrence.