Go Back Email Link
Melting Snowman Chewy Sugar Christmas Cookie

Melted Snowman Christmas Cookies

Jenn
Looking for a tasty and super festive Christmas cookie? Try these Melted Snowman Christmas Cookies.
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 8 minutes
Course Christmas,, Cookies, Dessert, Holiday
Servings 24

Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 2/4 teaspoon of kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons milk buttermilk works great, but I was out
  • Reynolds Cookie Baking Sheets
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar (optional)

Royal Icing Ingredients (I used store bought icing)

  • 1 egg whites
  • 1 C powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Decorations

  • Black gel food coloring
  • Large marshmallows
  • Cookie icing - homemade or from store
  • Decorating icing colors depends on you
  • Sprinkles M&M's, or something to help make buttons and nose.

Instructions
 

Sugar Cookies

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare your cookie sheet with Reynolds Cookie Baking Sheets Paper.
  • In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and combine well.
  • In a medium-sized mixing bowl or using your KitchenAid mixer, cream, butter, and sugar are combined until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Then gradually blend in the dry ingredients, adding only enough milk to moisten the dough so it’s soft and easy to work with. Be careful not to add too much; it will make it too wet and hard to work with.
  • Roll each Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls and place them on the cookie sheet with Reynolds Cookie Baking Sheets Parchment Paper on the sheet. Spacing about an inch apart. You can sprinkle a little extra sugar on top before baking, but I normally don’t because we’re going to be using icing in a bit.
  • Place in the oven and bake for about 8 minutes, or until lightly golden at the edges. Remove from the oven, place on a cooling rack, and allow to cool completely. Repeat the steps until all the dough is gone.

Store-bought icing

  • If you choose to go with cookie icing from the store, like I did, be sure to pop it in the microwave for about 15 seconds to warm it up a bit. It will make it easier to work with and spread out more evenly over the cookie. You can now skip decorating your snowman cookies.

Homemade Icing

  • Separate the egg yolk from the whites. Put only the egg whites into a mixing bowl.
  • Stir in the sugar, cream of tartar, and vanilla to the egg whites. Mix completely.
  • Add food coloring.
  • If the icing is too thick, add more powder sugar until you reach desired consistency.

Decorations

  • Make sure your working area is covered with clean Reynolds Cookie Baking Sheets.
  • When cookies are cool, cover them with cookie icing & spread it all over the cookie. It’s okay to allow some to go over the edges. It looks better, in my opinion.
  • You’ll need to slightly melt the marshmallow. I do them one at a time by placing them in the microwave for about 5 seconds. You’ll get the hang of it; just make sure you have a few to practice with. When you remove them from the microwave and place marshmallows on a cookie, remember that it’s okay if they don’t look perfect!
  • Draw your hands using black icing in the small tubes.
  • Use the same icing, or if you have one, you can use an edible decorating pen.
  • Add buttons using anything; I used Christmas sprinkles, but you can use whatever you like—flour, M&M’s, etc.
  • Using frosting, or even better, if you have an orange sprinkle, place it on the snowman’s face, where his nose would go.
  • Using the decorating frosting, draw a scarf on your melted snowman.
  • Remember: HAVE FUN, MAKE YOUR MELTED SNOWMAN COOKIE ALL YOURS!
  • Place each cookie on a clean piece of Reynolds Cookie Baking Sheets and allow everything to dry.
Keyword christmas cookies, melted snowman cookies, snowman cookies