Thumbprint Snowman Cookies Recipes

I am so happy to be here with Katrina for the “I’ll Bring the Cookies” 3rd Annual Event!

Christmas and cookies just go together, don’t they? I sure think so! Thumbprint cookies are one of my favorite kinds of cookies.  I have made them with jam, made them into hearts, and I even made them into shamrocks with tinted lemon curd. So, when I put my thinking cap on about what kind of cookie to make, thumbprint cookies popped into my head, this time as snowmen:)  I love them! Simple and cute, that’s my mantra

INGREDIENTS:
Cookies:

• 1/2  cup  butter, softened
• 1/4  cup  granulated sugar
• 1/4  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1  teaspoon  baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1   egg
• 1  tablespoon  milk
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla
• 2  cups  all-purpose flour
• Icing (to fill cookies)

Icing:

• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 2 Tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla (optional)
• Gel paste food coloring (black, orange) for decoration

DIRECTIONS:

• Preheat oven to 375° F. In a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat until mixture is combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour.
• Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. For each full snowman cookie, on an ungreased or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, place 2 dough balls side by side with one side touching. Press thumbs into each ball to form an indentation in each.  Repeat with remaining dough balls, leaving about 2 inches between cookies.  For heads only, use one dough ball.
• For full instructions please see : www.inkatrinaskitchen.com