Snowman Sugar Cookies
Snowman Sugar Cookies are easy to make using a basic sugar cookie recipe and fun to decorate with simple ingredients. Add them to your holiday cookie tray or give as gifts!
Servings: 8 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 lb. margarine at room temperature do not use butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 ½ cups flour
- Mini chocolate chips
- Red cookie icing
- Green cookie icing
- Red and green mini M&M's
- Reese's peanut butter cup minis
- Orange sprinkles jimmies work best
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl, cream together butter and sugar using a mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add ingredients in this order; Beat in the eggs, baking soda, baking powder, salt and vanilla extract until well combined.
- Then slowly add in the flour while mixing until a smooth dough forms. Cover and chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
- Make 3 dough balls; large, medium and small and place from small to large about ½ inch apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until they're lightly golden around the edges.
- When the cookies are done, let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes. While the cookies are still warm and soft place the mini chocolate chips for eyes, an orange sprinkle for the nose and a mini peanut butter cup slightly slanted on the snowman head.
- Add the red and green M&M's for the buttons down the middles. Carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, add the scarf to each snowman using the cookie icing. Allow icing to harden and enjoy.
