Snowman Sugar Cookies

These adorable snowman sugar cookies are easy to make and fun to decorate! Get into the Holiday spirit by decorating these snowman cookies with the kids and gifting them to family and friends.

Prep2 hr
Total Time3 hr 10 min
Skill LevelBeginner

Amount36 cookies

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Instructions

Instructions

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Bake Cookies. Preheat oven to 350?.
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric or hand mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture 1 cup at a time, mixing in between each cup.
Divide the batter in two balls and set on a floured surface. Roll out each ball with a rolling pin to make each section about 12 inches in diameter and ? inch thick.
Dip cookie cutter A in flour before carefully cutting out each shape.
Bake the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet for 8-11 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned.
Cool cookies on a cooling rack and cool completely.
Prepare Royal Icing. Beat powdered sugar, water, and meringue powder together until peaks form. This usually takes about 7-10 minutes on a low speed using an electric stand mixer, or 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer.
Let icing sit for 15 minutes to an hour to allow air bubbles to rise.
Reserve 1 cup of stiff royal icing to use later for decorating and thin the remaining icing to flooding consistency.
Ice Cookies. Place the cookies on a cooling grid over a cookies sheet. Using a spatula, ice each cookie then immediately sprinkle with sparkling sugars.
Decorate Cookies. Use regular chips for eyes and buttons, mini chocolate chips for mouth.
Add orange candy coated chocolates for nose.