Christmas Snowflake Spritz Cookies are some of the easiest cookies to make and are widely loved by most people. They are crisp, buttery, and delicious cookies that are made using an easy cookie press. And the result is so gorgeous and festive!
Add a little more beauty and a touch of elegance to these pretty cookies by piping out icing on top of the snowflake cookies and lightly drenching the icing part into the colored sparkling sugar for a beautiful finish.
My kids love to help create these simple cookies, so it's a wonderful opportunity to get most of the family involved. Not only in the holiday festivities but priceless memory-creating holiday prep and build up towards Christmas.
These sparkly cookies are made with just a few simple ingredients and supplies that I bet you already have in your pantry. They make a fantastic addition to an edible Christmas gift for anyone!
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📋 Recipe Ingedients
Cookie Batter Ingredients
- Unsalted room temperature butter
- Sugar
- Egg
- Whole milk
- Pure vanilla extract
- Almond extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
Cookie Topping Ingredients
- Confectioners sugar
- Whole milk
- Colorful sugar
🔪 Recipe Instructions
How to Make Cookie Batter
Prepare all the dry ingredients first. Sift them all into a bowl. Set aside until ready for use.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 3 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
In the large bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until smooth.
Then add egg, milk, pure vanilla, and almond extract. Beat well until smooth, for about 3 minutes on high speed.
Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl, and beat again for 30 more seconds, or until well combined.
Finally, at low speed, mix in the dry ingredients prepared earlier. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl again until completely combined.
⏲️ Baking Time
Hold the cookie press perpendicular to the lined baking sheet and press out the cookies about an inch apart from each other.
Bake the cookies until just very lightly golden on the edges, about 8 minutes or so.
Remove from the oven. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 to 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
How to Make Cookie Icing
Using a hand whisker, mix confectioners’ sugar with milk together until silky smooth.
How to Decorate Snowflake Spritz Cookies
Trace the snowflake peaks with the icing of each cookie and then drench the still-wet icing lightly into sparkling colorful sugar.
Let the icing completely dry out and set before serving.
These cookies stay fresh in an airtight container, and at room temperature, for up to one week.
📖 Recipe Card
Christmas Snowflake Spritz Cookies
Ingredients
Snowflake Cookie Batter
- 12 oz. – unsalted room temperature butter
- 1 cup – granulated sugar
- 1 large – egg
- 2 tbsp. – whole milk
- 1 tsp. – pure vanilla extract
- ½ tsp. – almond extract
- 3 ½ cups. – all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. – baking powder
- Pinch of salt
Cookie Topping Ingredients
- 2 cups - confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tbsp. - whole milk
- Colorful sugar
Instructions
How to Make Cookie Batter
- Prepare all the dry ingredients first. Sift them all into a bowl. Set aside until ready for use.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 3 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In the large bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until smooth.
- Then add egg, milk, pure vanilla, and almond extract. Beat well until smooth, for about 3 minutes on high speed.
- Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl, and beat again for 30 more seconds, or until well combined.
- Finally, at low speed, mix in the dry ingredients prepared earlier. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl again until completely combined.
Baking Time
- Hold the cookie press perpendicular to the lined baking sheet and press out the cookies about an inch apart from each other.
- Bake the cookies until just very lightly golden on the edges, about 8 minutes or so.
- Remove from the oven. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 to 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
How to Make Cookie Icing
- Using a hand whisker, mix confectioners’ sugar with milk together until silky smooth.
How to Decorate Snowflake Spritz Cookies
- Trace the snowflake peaks with the icing of each cookie and then drench the still-wet icing lightly into sparkling colorful sugar.
- Let the icing completely dry out and set before serving.
Notes
- These cookies stay fresh in an airtight container, and at room temperature, for up to one week.
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