by Emma Jee
A couple years ago before COVID hit, I remembered making sugar cookies that we decorated so they looked like snowmen melting, to celebrate the upcoming holidays. They were so fun to make and didn’t require a lot of expertise, so they were great to bake with my younger cousins. They’re extremely simple to create and are easy to make with younger kids to get into the holiday spirit!
Cookie Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon milk
- Powdered sugar, for rolling out dough
“Snowmen” Ingredients:
- 1 dozen baked sugar cookies
- 6 marshmallows, halved at an angle
- White cookie icing, for decorating
- Black cookie icing or melted chocolate, for decorating
- 12 orange sprinkles, for noses
- 24 mini M&M’s, for buttons
- Chocolate sprinkles, for arms
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Place butter and sugar in a large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color. Add egg and milk and beat to combine. Put the mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl. Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Sprinkle the surface where you will roll out dough with powdered sugar. Remove 1 wrapped pack of dough from the refrigerator at a time, sprinkle a rolling pin with powdered sugar, and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Move the dough around and check underneath frequently to make sure it is not sticking. If dough has warmed during rolling, place a cold cookie sheet on top for 10 minutes to chill. Cut into desired shape, place at least 1-inch apart on a greased baking sheet, parchment, or silicone baking mat, and bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time. Let sit on a baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from the oven and then move to complete cooling on a wire rack.
- Spread white cookie icing on sugar cookies to create melted blobs.
- Decorate marshmallows with black cookie icing to make dots for eyes and a smile.
- Insert an orange sprinkle into the marshmallow for a nose.
- Place marshmallow on cookie icing and add more cookie icing around the neck to secure it.
- Decorate buttons and arms: Place mini M&M’s on cookie icing for buttons and add chocolate sprinkles for arms.
