Melted Snowman Cookies
- Prep Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour, 37 minutes
- Yield: 18 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
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Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
For the icing:
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 tbsp meringue powder
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- black gel food coloring
For decoration:
- marshmallows
- orange sugar sprinkles for nose
- mini M&M’s for buttons
- green, blue, yellow and rose fondant for scarfs
Instructions
- Add the flour, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar to a bowl and whisk to combine.
- In another bowl, cream the butter with sugar.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat to combine.
- Add the flour mixture and mix well.
- Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 7 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- To make the icing, add the sugar, meringue powder, water and lemon juice to a bowl.
- Mix on low speed until icing is smooth and glossy.
- Place ¼ of icing in a separate bowl.
- Add a few drops of black gel coloring and mix well.
- Set aside.
- Transfer the white icing to a piping bag.
- Pipe the white icing on cookies to create melted blobs.
- Place marshmallow on cookie icing.
- Place mini M&M’s on cookie icing for buttons.
- Let dry for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Transfer the black icing in a piping bag.
- Decorate the marshmallows with black icing to make dots for eyes and a smile.
- To make the arms, pipe two “branches” onto each cookie using black icing.
- Insert an orange sprinkle into the marshmallow for a nose.
- To make the scarfs, use a rolling pin to roll the fondant into a thin layer and cut strips.
- Wrap the strips around marshmallow heads to form scarves.
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