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Lofthouse Style Snowman Sugar Cookies
One of the best Christmas cookies I've had! Fun to make, so delicious and just too cute. They would be the perfect gift to give this year.
👥 18 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 5h 50m⏳ Prep: 2h🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- oven
- baking sheet
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder baking soda and salt for ⏱️ 20 seconds, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together butter and sugar until blended.
2
Mix in egg then blend in sour cream, vanilla extract and almond extract. With mixer set on low speed slowly add in flour mixture and mix until combined.
(200g) granulated sugar1 cuplarge egg1(170g) unsalted butter, (softened)12 Tbspvanilla extract1 tsp
3
Cover bowl and chill until firm enough to roll, about ⏱️ 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees during last ⏱️ 10 minutes of chilling.
4
Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Remove half of the dough from refrigerator.
5
Shape dough into 9 (1 1/4-inch, 20g) balls, 9 (1-inch, 14g) balls and 9 (3/4-inch, 9g) balls (spray hands with non-stick cooking spray if needed if dough is slightly sticky).
6
For each snowman, place 3 balls in decreasing sizes with edges just touching on prepared baking sheets spacing them about 3-inches apart. Flatten balls right between 1/2-inch and 1/4-inch.
7
Bake in preheated oven until nearly set, about ⏱️ 10 - 12 minutes (they should not be doughy). Let cool on baking sheet about ⏱️ 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool (I like to transfer to an airtight container about halfway through cooling so they don't dry).
8
Stick one pretzel stick in each side of cookies for arms. Repeat process with remaining dough. Once cool frost with vanilla frosting (I like to add a small amount of frosting to each round then spread outward with an offset spatula).
9
For the frosting: in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together butter, powdered sugar, half and half and vanilla until light and fluffy.
10
Cut or tear a small piece of orange candy then roll and shape into a tiny carrot nose and add to cookies. Decorate with icing as desired. Add mini M&M's for buttons.
11
Store cookies in an airtight container in a single layer.
12
Recipe source: adapted from my favorite sugar cookies
Nutrition Facts
calories
328 kcal
fat Content
14 g
serving Size
1 serving
sugar Content
30 g
sodium Content
113 mg
protein Content
2 g
cholesterol Content
48 mg
carbohydrate Content
46 g
saturated Fat Content
9 g
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