Description
Festive snow globe cookies bring winter magic to your dessert table with delicate sugar cookie bases and sparkling royal icing decorations. Delightful miniature scenes capture holiday cheer while offering a whimsical treat you’ll treasure and share with loved ones.
Ingredients
Scale
Base Ingredients:
- 2 ¾ cups (350 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
Leavening and Seasoning Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Decorative Ingredients:
- ½ cup (100 g) clear hard candies (e.g., Jolly Ranchers or clear mints)
- Royal icing (store-bought or homemade)
- Festive sprinkles, small edible decorations, or mini holiday candies
Instructions
- Prepare the dry ingredients by whisking flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until the mixture becomes pale and airy, achieving a light, fluffy texture.
- Incorporate egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture, blending thoroughly.
- Gently fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, mixing until a cohesive dough forms.
- Separate the dough into two equal disks, encase each in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour to firm up.
- Heat the oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll out chilled dough to a uniform 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.
- Cut round base cookies using a 3-4 inch circular cutter, reserving half the rounds for cookie frames.
- Create cookie frames by cutting out smaller circles or snowflake shapes from the reserved rounds, leaving a decorative border.
- Carefully distribute crushed clear candies into the center cutouts of the frame cookies.
- Arrange base and frame cookies on prepared baking sheets, maintaining adequate spacing.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until edges turn a delicate golden hue, allowing candies to melt and set.
- Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet, ensuring the candy centers solidify.
- Construct snow globe cookies by applying royal icing to connect base and frame cookies.
- Embellish solid cookie bases with festive royal icing decorations, miniature candies, and sprinkles to create whimsical holiday scenes.
- Carefully position the candy-filled frame cookie atop the decorated base, securing with additional royal icing.
- Let cookies set entirely before presenting as charming edible gifts or decorative centerpieces.
Notes
- Chill the dough thoroughly to prevent spreading and maintain crisp cookie shapes during baking.
- Use transparent hard candies like Jolly Ranchers for the most vibrant and clear “glass” effect in snow globe cookies.
- Crush candies into fine, uniform pieces to ensure even melting and a smooth, glass-like finish in the cookie cutouts.
- Choose winter-themed sprinkles or small edible decorations that fit inside the snow globe frame for a charming, festive presentation.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg