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    Home » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

    Snowman Cookies

    Published: Sep 12, 2022 Last updated: Sep 12, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Adorable Snowman Cookies are made out of cookie dough balls and stacked before baking in the shape of a snowman. Have fun with the kids decorating these cookies and enjoy them on Christmas eve or anytime throughout the year. A fun winter cookie the whole family will love.
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    Snowman Cookies decorated with blue icing and pretzel arms.
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    These Snowman Cookies are a fun and adorable cookie and an ideal recipe to add to your favorite holiday traditions. A basic soft sugar cookie recipe, these Christmas cookies are the perfect thing to bake up for your cookie exchange.

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    • ❤️ Why you'll love it
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🥄 Equipment
    • 🥫Storage
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 Tips
    • 📚 Related Recipes
    • 🍽 Serve with...
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    ❤️ Why you'll love it

    • It is a small batch recipe that little hands will have fun making and decorating!
    • These cookies are perfect for the holiday season.
    • No cookie cutter needed for this recipe!

    🥘 Ingredients

    Unsalted butter and cream cheese, these are the fat in the cookie that adds flavor. Both of these ingredients should be at room temperature.

    Granulated sugar: sweetens the cookie dough.

    Almond extract, this is my preferred extract to add flavor to the cookies and the icing.

    All purpose flour: is the structure of the cookie dough.

    Baking powder: aids in the cookies rise while baking.

    Salt: enhances flavor in the cookie.

    Pretzel sticks: used to make the arms on the snowmen.

    Confectioners' sugar and milk are used along with the extract to make the icing to decorate the cookies.

    Assorted food coloring

    🔪 Instructions

    For the cookies

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
    2. In a large bowl, using a hand mixer on high speed, cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar until blended.
    3. Add the egg and almond extract to the butter mixture and mix until completely blended.
    4. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.
    5. Gradually mix flour mixture into butter mixture until completely combined.. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
    6. Using a tablespoon, ½ tablespoon and teaspoon measure, scoop dough and shape into balls. Layout in snowman shape with largest ball on bottom on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
    7. Break pretzel stick in half and place one half in each side of center snowman ball. Bake for 11-15 minutes or until set.
    8. Remove cookies from the oven and cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

    To make the decorating icing:

    1. In a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk, and extract until of piping consistency. Color portions of the icing as desired.
    2. Decorate cooled cookies by piping a scarf, nose, eyes, and nose. I like to do black icing for the eyes and orange icing for the carrot nose.
    Snowman Cookies decorated with blue icing and pretzel arms.
    Little hands will love to help make these adorable snowman cookies!

    🥄 Equipment

    Mixing bowls

    Baking sheet

    Wire rack

    Piping bag

    🥫Storage

    Store cookies in an airtight container on the counter up to 1 week or in the freezer up to 3 months.

    📖 Variations

    • Melted chocolate can be used to make the eyes and dot the buttons on the snowman.
    • I prefer to use gel colors. They are thicker and don't thin the icing out too much.

    💭 Tips

    While these cookies are super adorable, they are very fragile. If you are thinking of making these to ship to someone you love, then I highly recommend wrapping in bubble wrap in the box and then bubble wrap the box in the shipping box

    📚 Related Recipes

    If you love to use a cookie cutter cookie recipe, then you will love these Sugar Cookie Cutouts!

    These Italian Christmas Cookies are a traditional cookie big batch style.

    Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Butter Rum Frosting aren't just for Thanksgiving! These are great decorated with Christmas colors and served on holiday cookie trays also!

    🍽 Serve with...

    Serve these adorable snowmen cookies on an assorted Christmas cookie platter, and don't forget to leave one or two out for Santa with a nice cold glass of milk!


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    Snowman Cookies

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    Adorable Snowman Cookies are made out of cookie dough balls and stacked before baking in the shape of a snowman. Have fun with the kids decorating these cookies and enjoy them on Christmas eve or anytime throughout the year. A fun winter cookie the whole family will love.
    4.75 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 11 mins
    Total Time 26 mins
    Course Desserts
    Cuisine American
    Servings 18
    Calories 112 kcal

    Equipment

    • mixing bowls
    • Baking Sheet
    • Wire rack
    • Piping bag
    • Cookie spatula

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    Ingredients
      

    For the cookies:

    • ½ cup unsalted butter , softened
    • 4 ounces cream cheese , softened
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • ½ teaspoon almond extract
    • 1⅔ all purpose flour
    • ½ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 9 pretzel sticks , broken in half

    For the Icing

    • 1 cup confectioner's sugar
    • 2 tablespoons milk , as needed
    • ¼ teaspoon almond extract

    Instructions
     

    For the cookies

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
    • In a large bowl, using a hand mixer on high speed, cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar until blended.
    • Add the egg and almond extract to the butter mixture and mix until completely blended.
    • In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.
    • Gradually mix flour mixture into butter mixture until completely combined.. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
    • Using a tablespoon, ½ tablespoon and teaspoon measure, scoop dough and shape into balls. Layout in snowman shape with largest ball on bottom on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
    • Break pretzel stick in half and place one half in each side of center snowman ball. Bake for 11-15 minutes or until set.
    • Remove cookies from the oven and cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

    To make the decorating icing:

    • In a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk, and extract until of piping consistency. Color portions of the icing as desired.
    • Decorate cooled cookies by piping a scarf, nose, eyes, and nose. I like to do black icing for the eyes and orange icing for the carrot nose.

    Notes

    Start with just 1 tablespoon of confectioners' sugar for the icing and add more gradually as needed.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 112kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 0.5gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 100mgPotassium: 11mgFiber: 0.01gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 242IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.04mgNet Carbohydrates: 12g
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    1. Mary Ellen

      December 05, 2014 at 10:12 pm

      I love your snowman cookies! They are just too cute....

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    2. Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads

      December 05, 2014 at 4:33 pm

      I know my daughter and I would love these cookies! So cute and Christmasy!

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    3. Rachael

      December 05, 2014 at 4:20 pm

      First, these are seriously cute. My favorite holiday treat is caramels, but I also love making Mexican Wedding cookies!

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    4. Life Tastes Good

      December 05, 2014 at 2:15 pm

      I LOVE these so much! They are the cutest!! How sweet you call your boys your "Snow" men 🙂

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    5. Carrie R

      December 04, 2014 at 8:20 pm

      These are so cute! And I love that you used pretzels for their arms. 🙂

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    6. Rebekah Hills

      December 02, 2014 at 4:02 pm

      Oh those are completely adorable!!

      Reply
    7. honeyb

      December 02, 2014 at 5:41 am

      These are so cute. I love them!

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