4.3 from 21 votes
Snowflake Sugar Cookies
Looking for an easy way to decorate sugar cookies this winter? These Snowflake Sugar Cookies are made with a no-chill sugar cookie dough and a simple buttercream frosting. They look beautiful but are easy to make and decorate!
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings:
36
cookies
Course:
Baked Goods
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1 cup butter softened, unsalted, Challenge brand
- 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
- 3 ½ cups flour
- Pinch salt
For the frosting:
- 1 ½ cups butter room temperature, unsalted, Challenge brand
- 5 cups confectioners’ sugar sifted
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract pure
- 2-3 tablespoons milk or heavy cream
For decorating:
- Sparkling Sugar white
Instructions
Make the cookies:
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.
- Slowly add the flour and salt, stirring just until combined. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and use your hands to form into a disk. Roll the dough to 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick and cut with lightly floured snowflake-shaped cookie cutters. Place cookies on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, or just until the edges barely start to turn golden. Remove from the baking sheets to a rack to cool before frosting.
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Make the frosting:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter on medium-high speed for about 6 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add in confectioners’ sugar, and continue beating until well blended.
- Add in vanilla and 2 tablespoons of heavy cream or milk. Mix on low speed until moistened.
- Add up to an additional tablespoon of heavy cream or milk until you reach the desired consistency. Beat at high speed until frosting is smooth and fluffy; about 5 more minutes.
Decorate the cookies:
- Divide the frosting into several piping bags fitted with different decorating tips.
- Use the different tips to dot frosting onto the cookies.
- Sprinkle with white decorating sugar, if desired.