Melted Snowman Cookies
Better hurry up to eat these cookies! The melted snowman cookies are a fun twist on a classic cream cheese sugar cookie with marshmallows and some of your favorite candies.
Makes 30 cookies
Things you'll need
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Ingredients- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3-inch circle cookie cutter
- Black Candy Melts
- Royal icing: black and white
- Haribo Sour Streamers Gummi Candy: green and red
- Gummy orange slices
- Mini M&Ms: green and red
- 30 large marshmallows
- 30 mini marshmallows
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- #1 piping tip
- Piping bags
- 3"-inch circle cookie cutter
- Rolling pin
- Silicon baking sheet
- Scissors
Let's get started!
- Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add the whole egg and egg yolk one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in the vanilla extract.
- On low speed, beat in the flour mixture until combined.
- Split the dough in half and shape each dough into a disk about 1/2"-inch thick and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350F°. Line 4 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4" inch thick. Cut out 30 cookies with the 3" inch cutter. Place the cookies 1 inch apart on the baking sheets.
- Freeze the cookies for 15 minutes.
- Bake until the cookies are firm to the touch, but not browned at the edges, about 10-12 minutes.
- Let cool on the baking sheets for 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Time To Decorate!
- Marshmallow Heads: Cut the Sour Streamers Gummi Candy into thin, long strips. Connect them together to extend the length.
- Attach the sour strips to the bottoms of the large marshmallows using royal icing to create a scarf.
- Using black royal icing in a piping bag fitted with a #1 tip, pipe the snowman eyes and mouths.
- Cut the gummy orange slices into tiny triangles and attach them between the eyes and mouths on the marshmallows.
- Assemble: Fill a piping bag with white royal icing and flood the cookies with a wavy, melted outline design.
- Place the decorated marshmallow heads onto the wet icing and add 3 green and red Mini M&Ms for the buttons. Repeat with the rest of the cookies and allow to dry completely.
- Use the black royal icing to pipe two arms on each cookie.
- In a small bowl, melt the black Candy Melts by microwaving in 15 second increments, mixing in between. Pour into a piping bag.
- Top Hat: On a sheet pan lined with parchment paper, pipe some black Candy Melts onto the top of a mini marshmallow and gently tap the tray on the counter until the candy covers the marshmallow and spreads into a top hat shape. Repeat with remaining mini marshmallows and let harden at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Using the white royal icing, attach the hat to the top of the large marshmallow head.
Written By Rosanna Pansino
