Tuesday, December 21, 2021

White Chocolate Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Recipe for a buttery sugar cookie, shaped like stars and decorated with melted white chocolate and sanding sugar.

For all the delicious holiday cookies out there, sometimes you just need to make a batch of good vanilla sugar cookies, grab a cute cookie cutter and a bag of icing. Solo project, family activity, friend get-together or kid project, these cookies are an annual favorite.

Recipe for a buttery sugar cookie, shaped like stars and decorated with melted white chocolate and sanding sugar.

I definitely don't have mad cookie decorating skills. But I love these snowflake shaped cutters and I feel like that's half the battle. Instead of a more traditional royal icing, I opted for melting white chocolate. It's definitely not as precise but I really enjoy the flavor of the white chocolate with this cookie.

Although these are called sugar cookies, they use quite a bit of flour so they're no overly sweet. There's room for the chocolate and even a little sanding sugar on top for a bit of glisten. Easy to make, fun to eat and I hear Santa likes these, too. Enjoy!

Yield: 2 Dozen
Author: Anita Schecter
Recipe for a buttery sugar cookie, shaped like stars and decorated with melted white chocolate and sanding sugar.

White Chocolate Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 11 Mininactive time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 31 M
Recipe for a buttery sugar cookie, shaped like stars and decorated with melted white chocolate and sanding sugar.

Ingredients

  • 2 Sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 Cup granulated sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons salt
  • 4 oz. White chocolate for topping
  • Sanding sugar for topping

Instructions

  1. Cream together the butter and granulated sugar using a hand or stand mixer. Beat for approximately 5 minutes and then beat in the egg and vanilla.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet, form into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for an hour.
  3. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
  4. Roll the dough out to about a 1/2" thickness and use a 3" cookie cutter to cut out your desired shape. Place about 2" apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 10 - 11 minutes. Let the cookies cool before frosting.
  5. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, pour into a pastry bag or plastic sandwich bag and snip off the tip with scissors. Decorate the cookies and enjoy.

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