Description
No rolling or cutting required when making these adorable snowman sugar cookies. A fun and festive winter treat to make with the kids!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 and 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tarter
- Oreos Minis (for the base of the hat)
- Rolos candies (for the top of the hat)
- pull-apart Twizzlers (for scarf)
- orange M&M’s (for nose)
- mini brown M&M’s (for eyes and mouth)
- mini red and green M&M’s (for buttons)
- white decorating icing, for sticking the candies to the snowman
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl an electric mixer, beat the butter and powdered sugar until smooth. Scrap down the sides of the bowl. Add the egg and vanilla and beat on high speed until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in the mixer and beat on low speed until just combined and then on medium speed until a thick dough forms.
- Using measuring spoons or three different sized cookie scoops, scoop the dough into 2 tablespoon, 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon sized balls, placing them right next to each other on the prepared baking sheet in a snowman shape. Press down slightly on all three balls of dough at the same time with the palm of your hand to flatten the dough into a snowman shape. Repeat with remaining dough placing each snowman a few inches apart.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies start to crack, but not brown. Let cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
- Once the cookies are cooled, it’s time to decorate. For the hat, separate the mini Oreo cookies and use the filled size as the bottom of the hat. Attach the bottom of the Rolos candy to the filled side of the mini cookie with a little white icing. Set aside.
- Arrange the mini brown M&M’s and orange M&M onto the head for the eyes, nose and mouth, attaching with some white icing.
- Take two of the pull-apart Twizzlers strands and wrap them around the cookie where the top and middle cookie meet. Gently tie the Twizzlers like a scarf.
- Attach the hat to the top of the snowman’s head with some icing.
- Alternate the mini red and green M&M’s down the middle of the snowman cookie, attaching with a dot of icing. Let the icing set so the candy sticks. Enjoy!