Snowman Cookies
These Snowman Cookies bake up soft and sweet, shaped from stacked cookie dough balls to form charming little snowmen. They're fun to decorate, kid friendly, and perfect for adding a playful touch to your holiday baking traditions.
Servings 18
Calories 181kcal
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- ½ cup unsalted butter , softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese , softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1⅔ cups 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: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 101mg | Potassium: 26mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg | Net Carbohydrates: 27g
