Summer Berry Snowmen
Chewy, tender cookies, perfect for a cookie exchange!
Ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup Summer Berry Sweet Dip Mix
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 tsp baking powder
- 1⁄4 tsp salt
Preparation
- Using a stand mixer (with paddle attachment) or hand mixer, on medium speed, beat butter, sugar, and dip mix until smooth, about 2 min. Add egg and vanilla; beat on high until combined. Scraping down sides as needed.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix until well combined.
- Loosely form dough into a ball. Divide in two. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out to 1⁄4” thick on two floured Sheet Pan Liners. Place on Sheet Pans. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 min, until firm.
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Remove one rolled out dough from liner; place on lightly floured surface. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Reroll scraps of dough and continue to cut until it’s used up. Place on Sheet Pan lined with Sheet Pan Liner. Don’t overcrowd.
- Bake, one sheet at a time, 12–14 min or until edges are set and surface appears dry. Rest in pan 5 min, then transfer to Cooling Racks to cool. Repeat with remaining dough. Cookies will keep well in an air-tight container, at room temperature, up to 5 days. Or freeze up to 2 months.
Epicure Products Used
Nutritional Information
Per serving(1 cookie): Calories 110, Fat 6 g (Saturated 305 g, 0.2 0 g), Cholesterol 25 mg, Sodium 30 mg, Carbohydrate 14 g (Fiber 0 g, Sugars 5 g), Protein 2 g.
Tips
To decorate cookies, you’ll need royal icing and orange and black gel colour food colouring. Go to Royal Icing or buy it pre-made from most bulk stores. Fill one larger bowl with some of the royal icing, then divide the remainder between two smaller bowls. Stir orange food colouring into one and black in the other. Fit a piping bag with a small round icing tip; fill the bag with royal icing. Pipe a circular outline on each cookie. Staring with the first cookie, fill in each circle. Allow to set. Wash bag, then fill orange icing. Pipe small triangle outlines in the centre of each cookie – this is the nose. Fill in triangles. Wash bag, then fill with black icing. Pipe two small dots for eyes and a happy smile. Let sit until icing is completely set, about 2 hours.
For soft, chewy cookies, make sure to bake only until edges start to set. If they’ve started to turn golden-brown, the cookies will be on the crunchier side. If you’ve cut your cookies into shapes that are smaller than 3” start checking for doneness after 10 min.