Snowflake Cookie Recipe

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Snowflake Cookie
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
301
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 to 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • royal icing:
  • 2 lb confectioners' sugar
  • 3/4 cup warm water
  • sky blue gel food coloring
  • white edible glitter and superfine sugar

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
  2. Divide dough into fourths. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until easy to handle.
  3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one portion to 1/8-in. thickness. (Refrigerate other portions until ready to use.) Using a variety of sizes of floured snowflake cookie cutters, cut out snowflakes.
  4. Carefully place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using small decorating cutters, cut out desired shapes to create designs in some of the snowflakes. Use a toothpick to help remove the cutouts. With a plastic straw, poke a hole in the top of each small cookie.
  5. Bake medium and large snowflakes at 375° for 6-1/2 to 7 minutes and small snowflakes for 6 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining dough.
  6. For royal icing, in a large bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar and meringue powder. Add warm water; beat on low speed for 1 minute. Beat on high for 4-5 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Tint half blue. Leave remaining icing white; cover and set aside.
  7. With blue icing and a round tip, outline half of the cookies; fill in centers with blue icing and let dry completely. With white icing and a round tip, outline each blue-colored cookie and create snowflake designs. Let dry completely.
  8. On the remaining cookies, repeat process using white icing on white frosted cookies. Thread a ribbon through the hole in each small snowflake and through the cutout in each medium and large snowflake. Yield: about 3 dozen.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 300.57 Kcal (1258 kJ)
Calories from fat 49.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.55g 9%
Cholesterol 19.41mg 6%
Sodium 41.12mg 2%
Potassium 5.62mg 0%
Total Carbs 59.4g 20%
Sugars 31.15g 125%
Protein 2.54g 5%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Calcium 3mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 311.4 Kcal (1304 kJ)
Calories from fat 51.75 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.75g 9%
Cholesterol 20.11mg 6%
Sodium 42.6mg 2%
Potassium 5.82mg 0%
Total Carbs 61.54g 20%
Sugars 32.27g 125%
Protein 2.63g 5%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 0.1mg 0%
Calcium 3.1mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.5
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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