Easiest Snowflake Cookies (Best for Holidays and Christmas!)
These Snowflake Cookies are crisp, buttery, and delicious cookies that are made using an easy cookie press giving you a stunningly festive result.
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas baking, Christmas Spritz Cookies, Snowflake Cookies
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 8 minutesminutes
Total Time 23 minutesminutes
Servings 144cookies
Author Valya's Taste of Home
Ingredients
Snowflake Cookie Batter
12oz.– unsalted room temperature butter
1cup– granulated sugar
1large – egg
2tbsp.– whole milk
1tsp.– pure vanilla extract
½tsp.– almond extract
3 ½cups.– all-purpose flour
1tsp.– baking powder
Pinchof salt
Cookie Topping Ingredients
2cups- confectioners’ sugar
2tbsp.- whole milk
Colorful sugar
Instructions
How to Make Cookie Batter
Let’s start by making our cookie batter first! To do this, prepare all the dry ingredients first. Sift them all into a bowl and set it aside until ready for use.
Preheat oven to 350°F and 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.
How to Shape and Bake Snowflake Cookies
Time to shape and then bake our cookies! To do this, first hold the cookie press perpendicular to the lined baking sheet and then 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.
Once done, remove them from the oven and 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
Now let’s make our cookie icing. Using a hand whisk, mix confectioners’ sugar with milk together until you get a silky-smooth consistency.
How to Decorate Snowflake Cookies
To decorate the cookies, trace the snowflake peaks with the icing of each cookie and then drench the icing lightly into sparkling colorful sugar while it’s still wet so that it sticks to the icing.
Let the icing completely dry out and set before serving. Your delicious Snowflake Cookies are ready to be served!
Notes
These cookies stay fresh in an airtight container, and at room temperature, for up to one week.