Best Santas Snowflakes Recipes

SNOWFLAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream the shortening with the sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Sift the flour and salt into the creamed mixture and stir in gradually. Chill dough for at least one hour.
• Roll the chilled dough out to 1/8 inch thick and cut into desired shapes. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 6 to 8 minutes. Allow cookies to cool before decorating.

SANTA'S SNOWFLAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• 2. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together onmedium high speed the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat for 1 minute. Add the vanilla, red food coloring, and vinegar, beat for 2 minutes.
• 3. In a small bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder, until well blended.
• 4. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture; stir together until all the dough is red. Stir the crushed peppermint candy and white chocolate chips into dough.
• 5. Drop two teaspoons or a small cookie scoop of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 9 minutes, cool on baking sheet for 1 minute, and then remove to a cooling rack to cool. Store cookies in an airtight container. Makes about 36 cookies.

SNOWFLAKE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with Reynolds® Parchment Paper, set aside.
• Beat butter and sugar until fluffy with an electric mixer. Mix in egg and lemon extract until well blended.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth. Divide dough in half; shape into 2 flat disks. Wrap dough in parchment paper; refrigerate 1 hour until firm enough to roll.
• Roll out the dough 1/8-inch thick between two sheets of lightly floured parchment paper.
• Cut dough with 2 to 6-inch snowflake cookie cutters. Place cookies 1-inch apart on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Decorate with colored sprinkles.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to brown on edges. Cool.
• Mix powdered sugar and milk together in a small bowl, adding milk slowly until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle over cooled cookies.