Snow Angel Cookies Recipes

SNOW ANGEL ELF COOKIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Make cookie dough as directed on pouch. Press dough in bottom of pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 30 minutes.
• Place about 3 tablespoons white frosting in each of 2 small bowls. Leave 1 bowl white for mittens, collar and hat trim; add very small amount red food color to other bowl to make pink for face. To remaining white frosting, stir in enough red food color to make bright red for hat, body, arms, legs and mouth. Chocolate frosting will be for hair and blue sprinkles for the eyes.
• Using sharp paring knife, cut cookie into shapes as directed on diagram. Place cookies on serving platter in elf shape. Frost and decorate elf as desired, using photo as guide.

SNOW ANGEL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time. In another bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 4-in. angel-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake 12-14 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, shortening, lemon juice and enough water to reach a spreading consistency. Spread or pipe over cookies; sprinkle with coarse sugar.

SNOW ANGEL ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Stir the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract together in a large bowl.
• Place the strawberries into a blender, and puree until almost smooth. Mix the strawberries into the condensed milk mixture until thoroughly combined.
• With a large spoon, gently mix in the snow, about 1 cup at a time. Mix in the milk, 2 tablespoons at a time, until the snow ice cream is soft and holds its shape when spooned. Serve immediately; store leftover ice cream in an airtight container in the freezer.

BROWN ANGEL ICED SWEET POTATO COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the cookies: In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and set aside. Whisk together, with an electric mixer, the butter and sugar. Add the egg, molasses, butter extract, sweet potato and orange zest. Carefully fold dry ingredients into butter-sugar mixture with a rubber spatula. Stir in the pecans, if using. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Decorate with cream cheese icing.
• For the cream cheese icing: In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, blend cream cheese, sugar, and butter on low speed until incorporated. Increase the speed to high, and mix until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the maple or vanilla extract, and mix on high speed until incorporated. Pipe the cream cheese frosting on cookies in any desired pattern with a piping bag or a plastic baggie with a hole cut at the corner. You can also warm the frosting in a microwave for a few seconds until smooth and drizzle the frosting onto the cookies.