Candy Kissed Snowman Cookies Recipes

CANDY-KISSED SNOWMAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, melted butter and egg until soft dough forms.
• Shape into 30 (1-inch) and 60 (3/4-inch) balls. Roll in sugar.
• For each snowman, on ungreased cookie sheet, place 1 (1-inch) ball and 2 (3/4-inch) balls, with edges just touching. Place snowmen 2 inches apart.
• Insert 2 pretzel sticks for arms, 2 cinnamon candies for buttons.
• Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately place 1 HERSHEY'S® Kisses® brand milk chocolate for hat, 2 HERSHEY'S® mini semi-sweet chocolate chips for eyes, 1 orange triangle for nose.
• Cool 5 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool 30 minutes.
• Stir frosting and food color until well blended. Place in small resealable freezer plastic bag; seal bag. Cut small tip from one corner; squeeze to pipe scarf.

SNOWMAN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Preheat oven to 325°. Shape dough into forty-eight 1-in. balls, forty-eight 3/4-in. balls and forty-eight 1/2-in. balls. On ungreased baking sheets, place one ball of each size, side by side, for each snowman., Bake 18-20 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven; cool on pans 2 minutes. Press on chocolate chips for eyes and M&M's for buttons. Carefully remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to reach a piping consistency. If two colors of frosting are desired, transfer half of the frosting to another bowl and tint each with a different food coloring., Cut a small hole in a corner of a food-safe plastic bag; fill with frosting. Pipe scarves on snowmen. Use frosting to attach chocolate kisses for hats.

EASY SNOWMAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms. On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Frost and decorate 1 cookie at a time. After spreading frosting on cookie, add licorice for band of earmuffs and candies for ear "covers" and snowman face.