Snowflake Cookies
Snowflake cookies are the perfect Christmas sugar cookie recipe for the holiday season. Decorated with pretty blue icing and a blue sugar bead in the center, they make a pretty display on Christmas Cookies charcuterie trays or cookie platters.
This method for making snowflake cookies can be modified slightly and used for another time of the year or holidays – like Valentine’s Day, Easter, or birthdays. Simply change the snowflake cookie cutter to one that matches the appropriate holiday or season.
Why You’ll Love this Recipe
Of course you could make these snowflake cookies using your favorite rolled sugar cookie recipe. However, this cut out sugar cookies recipe uses a few shortcuts – like purchased sugar cookie dough and canned frosting – making it one of those quick & easy favorite cookie recipes. You can skip all the steps of getting out the electric mixer and large mixing bowl and just get right at rolling and baking cookies!
This recipe would also be a fun Christmas baking craft to do with kids. It only requires few ingredients and kids would have so much fun helping cut out cookies and decorating them.
Ingredients
(For the exact measurements, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.)
- Pillsbury sugar cookie dough
- all purpose flour
- whipped vanilla frosting
- sifted powdered sugar
- blue & green food coloring
Instructions for the Snowflake Sugar Cookies
- Following the instructions on the sugar cookie dough package, prepare the dough for rolling out by kneading in 1/4 cup flour.
- On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out half of the dough to about 1/2inch thick.
- Using a snowflake cookie cutter, cut-out sugar cookies and place cookies on parchment paper lined cookie sheets 2 inches a part.
- Repeat the same process with the second half of the dough.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes, or until the cookies just begin to get a hint of golden brown.
- Cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheet before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely
Instructions for the Frosting
- Mix 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar into 1/2 of a container of whipped vanilla icing – or until it becomes the consistency of piping icing. (Thick enough to hold its shape when piped.)
- Add in 2 drops blue food coloring and 1 drop of green food coloring.
- Once cookies are completely cool, use a piping bag and tip to pipe lines on for snowflakes. Add blue sugar pearls to the center of each snowflake cookie.
Tips & Tricks
- Sandwich the cookie dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper to roll it out with a rolling pin. It won’t stick at all!
- Make sure the cookies are completely cool before icing.
- The consistency of the icing is what makes these sugar cookies pretty. If it is too thin and runny it won’t hold its shape. If that happens, add more powdered sugar. If it is too thick, it will be difficult to pipe out. Thin it out by adding in a little more whipped icing from the can.
- If you don’t have a piping bags, use a gallon size zip loc bag and cut a tiny bit out of the corner and use it instead of a piping tip. It’s a great option for kids if they are helping with cookie decorating too.
Substitutions
Star cookie cutters can work really well to make snowflake cookies if you don’t have snowflake cookie cutters. Just pipe lines on them like snowflakes and they look like snowflakes!
If you’d rather not bother with piping lines on cookies, spreading on pretty frosting and a sprinkle of blue sugar crystals are pretty too. You can even stir up your own easy frosting if you don’t have canned frosting in your pantry.
Variations
Play around with colors to make your own fun version of snowflake cookies. White icing on white cookies is pretty as well.
Equipment
For these cookies I used snowflake cookie cutters, a plastic disposible piping bag & pastry tip. Along with basic snowflake cookie cutters, there is also a whole variety of “mug hugger” cookie cutters – designed to hang on the side of a mug of coffee or hot chocolate. They are also a fun option.
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Storage
The icing piped on these cookies doesn’t harden, making it necessary to store them lying flat and not stacked. I froze mine in a single layer in tightly covered containers. However, another option is to freeze them without icing with parchment paper in between the layers, and then icing them before serving.
Top tip: Don’t Overbake!
For soft and chewy sugar cookies, make sure not to overbake them. Take them out of the oven at the slightest hint of golden brown.
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Snowflake Cookies - A Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipe
Snowflake cookies are the perfect Christmas sugar cookies for the holiday season. Decorated with pretty blue icing and a blue sugar bead in the center, they make a pretty display on Christmas Cookies charcuterie trays or cookie platters. This shortcut Christmas cookies recipe uses storebought sugar cookie dough to help you save time!
Ingredients
- 1 package Pillsbury sugar cookie dough
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 container whipped vanilla frosting
- 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 3-4 drops blue and green food coloring
Instructions
- Following the instructions on the sugar cookie dough package, prepare the dough for rolling out by kneading in 1/4 cup flour.
- Roll out half of the dough to about 1/2 inch thick. Using a snowflake or star cookie cutter, cut out the shapes and place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheets 2 inches a part.
- Repeat the same process with the second half of the dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes, or until the cookies just begin to get a hint of golden brown.Cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- For the frosting, mix 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar into 1/2 of a container of whipped vanilla icing – or until itbecomes the consistency of piping icing. (Thick enough to hold its shape when piped.)Add in 2 drops blue food coloring and 1 drop of green food coloring.Once cookies are completely cool, use a piping bag and tip to pipe lines on for snowflakes.Add a blue bead to the center of each snowflake cookie.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 19Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 4mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 3gProtein: 0g
This nutrition calculation is done by an automated system. For an accurate nutrition record, do your own research.
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