These White & Blue Snowflake Cookies will make a gorgeous addition to any holiday table.  While a little bit of work is involved, they will be worth it in the end.

INGREDIENTS
3 cup Flour
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup softened Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 tbsp Milk
ICING INGREDIENTS
3 Egg Whites
1 tsp Vanilla
4 cup Powdered Sugar
Blue Food Coloring

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine dry ingredients and set aside
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Add beaten egg and milk.
4. Gradually add in flour.
5. Divide mixture in half, place one half in plastic bag in refrigerator.
6. Place remaining dough between parchment paper and roll to uniform 1/4″ thick and place in refrigerator to chill.
7. Cut out snowflakes using your Wilton Snowflake Cutter and transfer to parchment coated cookie sheet.
8. Gather and reroll remaining dough between parchment paper and roll to uniform 1/4″ thick and place in refrigerator to chill…
9. Bake in 375 degree oven about 7-8 minutes (watch for edges to begin to turn lightly brown).
10. Leave on cookie sheet for several minutes before moving to cooling rack.
11. Combine the egg whites and vanilla and beat until bubbly.
12. Add powdered sugar gradually and mix until all sugar is incorporated.
13. Beat on high until mixture forms stiff, glossy peaks.
14. Transfer 1/3 of icing to pastry bag.
15. Transfer 1/3 of icing to squeeze bottle and add 2 tbsp water to dilute.
16. Add blue food color to remaining icing and mix until color is evenly blended.
17. Use white icing in bag and pipe outline of snowflake on eack cookie.
18. Wait at least several hours for icing to set.
19. Using diluted white icing carefully spread on to cookies to fill in the snowflake. use a small blunt object to help spread the icing close to the outline.
20. Wait at least several hours for icing to set.
21. Transfer blue icing to pastry bag.
22. Pipe the line pattern on cookies.
23. Wait at least several hours for icing to set.

Looking for more recipes? You may also like my Super Cute Rudolph Truffles as well! 

How stinking cute are these Rudolph Cookie Pops? They will be awesome for any Holiday school party or event!

If you don’t already have one, you may consider purchasing the Wilton 2105-0271 Round Pops Cookie Pan from Amazon to make this a bit easier.

Cookie Ingredients:

1 cup softened Butter
1 1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
2 tsp Vanilla
2 3/4 cup Flour
2 tsp Baking Soda
12 long Lollipop Stocks

Glaze Ingredients:

2 cup Powdered Sugar
2 tbsp Milk
2 tbsp Corn Syrup
Food Coloring

Decoration Ingredients:

24 Chocolate covered Pretzels
24 White M&M Candy Corn pieces
12 Red Spice Drops

Directions:

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add egg and vanilla and continue beating.
3. Mix dry ingredients together and incorporate into wet mixture a litlle at a time.
4. Press dough into Wilton Round Pops Cookie pan, filling each about 3/4 full.
5. Press stick into each cookie.
6. Add additional dough on back as needed to cover stick.
7. Bake in 400 oven 13 minutes or until lightly brown around edges.
8. Let cookie sit in pan for about 5 minutes, then carefully run a knife around the edge of each pop to loosen.
9. Cool on a wire rack.
10. Mix powdered sugar corn syrup and milk to make glaze.
11. Transfer a small amount of glaze (enough to draw mouths on each reindeer) to a small bowl and add red food color.
12. Add red, yellow, and blue to remaining glaze to make brown.
13. Fill in face of pop in brown glaze and allow to set at least 30 minutes.
14. Press Pretzel antlers in place.
15. Press Red Spice Drop nose and white M&M eyes in place.
16. Take a toothpick and dip in brown glaze and dot pupils on eyes.
17. Allow to set for at least an hour.
18. Transfer red glaze to small zipper bag and clip corner to pipe mouths.
19. Allow to set at least 1 hour before serving.

You can get the kids involved by letting them mix ingredients, press the dough into the mold, inserting the pop stick and decorating the cooled cookie.

(Yields approx 12 pops)

You might also like these Rudolph Truffles

How cute are these Rudolph Truffles?  You don’t need a lot of ingredients, so these treats will be easy on your budget.  I think they would be perfect to take to a child’s school Holiday party.

INGREDIENTS

12 Chocolate Truffles
1/4 cup Light Cocoa Candy Melts
24 Candy eyes
12 Red Round candy Decorations
12 Pretzels broken in half

DIRECTIONS

1. Using a toothpick, poke holes on each side for Pretzel antlers.
2. Heat Candy Chips in large bowl by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
3. If Truffles are not flat on bottom, dip bottom of truffle in chocolate and place on wax paper.
4. Allow to set.
5. Using toothpick, gather up small bit of melted chocolate and paint on back of red “nose” and place on truffle. You may need to hold in place for a moment.
6. Repeat this process with each eye.
7. Allow chocolate to set.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Looking for more recipes? How about my White Chocolate & Cranberry Blondies Recipe!