Snow Globe Cookies

Let it snow in you house with these easy Snow Globe Cookies decorated with royal icing, coconut and snowy sprinkles!

Not only these are unique Christmas Cookies, but are a must bake whenever it snows!!!

Who says you need a Snow Globe cookie Cutter to make Snow Globe Sugar Cookies! 😉

Cut that Cookie dough in to circles and you are good to go. How incredible does that sound! The decoration literally takes 15 minutes as this is a small batch cookie recipe!

I can't wait for you to decorate these!

Snow Globe Cookies Ingredients

• Dry Ingredients: Flour, Salt, Baking Powder and sugar
• Wet Ingredients: Butter, vanilla extract, almond extract and egg
• Royal Icing: Tinted blue with food color, leave some white to make snowman.
• Shredded or desiccated coconut: Even sparkly sugar or white non pareils work. If you have none of these ingredients handy, use white royal icing instead!
• Sprinkles: I used the ones from Sprinkle pop shop.

How do you make a Snow Globe Cookie:

1. Make the dough
2. Chill and roll the dough
3. Cut into four, 4 inches circles
4. Bake and cool completely
5. Make Royal Icing (Flood consistency)
6. Draw 2 circles with white royal icing to make snowman's body
7. Use toppers for face if available. Apply little icing on the back of topper and stick it on the cookie. If you don't have toppers, draw third circle to make face.
8. Fill the rest cookie with blue royal icing. Quickly top with sprinkles.
9. Now fill snow man with a light coat of icing and top with coconut.
10. Make snowman's scarf with the leftover blue royal icing.

If you are looking for pretty winter Cookies, make them!

Royal Icing Recipe:

This is my favorite royal icing recipe that I use for both flooding consistency and outlining the cookies.

How do you decorate a snow globe cookie:

How do I make royal icing?

I use meringue powder to make a stable and sturdy icing that sets quickly. And there are just 3 ingredients to make this icing.

• Confectioners' sugar
• Meringue Powder
• Water

This recipe is super adaptable in terms of adding a little more water or confectioners' sugar. This cookie icing never lets you down!

Royal Icing Faqs

Can you over mix royal icing?

If beaten too much royal icing can develop air bubbles and look too dry as it sets. Beat it only till sugar mixes completely with water.

Can you refrigerate royal icing?

Yes, royal icing an be refrigerated, I'd say for about a week. place it in an airtight container and cling wrap it before closing the lid.

Can I freeze royal icing?

Absolutely! Royal icing freezes beautifully for up to 2 months! Place it in ziploc freezer bags. Right before sealing it, squish out as much air as possible and zip the bag. Thaw and bring to room temperature before using.

Try this recipe right away or Pin it for later! Either way you don't wanna miss out on them. 😉

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Recipe

Snow Globe Cookies

Let it snow in you house with these easy Snow Globe Cookies decorated with royal icing, coconut and snowy sprinkles!

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Chilling Time: 2 hours hours

Total Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Servings 16 Large Cookies

1x2x3x

Calories: 319kcal

Author: Neha

Equipment

• 1 Hand/stand Mixer
• 2 Cookie Sheets/Baking Trays
• Parchment Paper
• 1 Large Round Cookie Cutter

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 and ½ sticks Butter (Softened to room temperature)
• ▢ 1 cup Granulated Sugar
• ▢ 1 large Egg (at room temperature)
• ▢ 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Almond Extract
• ▢ 4 and ¼ Cups All Purpose Flour
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Salt
• ▢ ½ Cup Sprinkles (snow themed)
• ▢ ¼ Cup Coconut (Shredded or desiccated, see notes*)
• ▢ Get my my Royal Icing Recipe here.
• ▢ few drops Sky blue gel food coloring

Instructions

• Beat butter using a stand mixer/hand held mixer until light and creamy for a minute on medium high speed. Now beat butter and sugar together on high speed for about 2-3 minutes.
• Add egg, almond extract and vanilla in. Beat on high speed to combine until everything is incorporated well. It should take about a minute. Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
• Now add in dry ingredients (flour, salt and baking powder) in two additions and beat on low until the cookie dough forms.
• Cover and chill the dough for at least 2 hours and maximum 2 days in the fridge.
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 deg F and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside. I don't like to bake more than 2 baking trays at a time. Once baking tray holds 4 cookies.
• Roll out the cookie dough to ¼ of an inch thickness and cut cookies using a large round cookie cutter.
• Line and bake cookies for 9-10 minutes. The cookies will appear golden on the edges at this time. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray and cool further down on a wire rack.

To Decorate Cookies as pictured:

• Pour icing in a piping bag and sniff off yo 1 mm thickness. Draw 2 circles using white royal icing to make snowman's body.
• Fill the rest of the cookie with blue royal icing. Quickly top with sprinkles before icing starts drying.
• Use toppers for face if available. Apply little icing on the back of topper and stick it on the cookie. If you don't have toppers, draw third circle to make snowman's face.
• Now fill snow man with a light coat of white icing and top with shredded/desiccated coconut. Make snowman's scarf with the leftover blue royal icing and stick those silver rods and balls of sprinkles as hands and buttons.

Notes

• If you'd like your shredded coconut to look finer and stick better on cookies, pulse it a few times in a blender before using. Don't grind it too much or else it may turn greasy!
• Shredded Coconut would easily be available online as well
• Store these Sugar Cookies:
  At room temp for about a week
  You can also freeze them for about 2 months. Thaw in the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Cookie | Calories: 319kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 12g | Sodium: 87mg | Sugar: 21g

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