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Chubby Snowman Sugar Cookies

These yummy snowman sugar cookies are made with two balls of cookie dough, making them chubby and round. No cookie cutter needed!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword bakery sugar cookies, snowman cookies, soft sugar cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
chill 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 25 minutes
Servings 26 cookies
Calories 150kcal

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie Dough

  • 1 cup salted butter softened (if using unsalted butter, add 1/2 teaspoon salt to recipe)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/4 cup corn starch
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Buttercream Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3-4 Tbsp. milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a large mixing bowl combine butter and sugar. Beat until fluffy. Turn the mixer down and add egg and extracts. Add baking powder. Add the flour and cornstarch and mix thoroughly. Keep mixing until the dough comes together.
  • Use a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop to scoop all of the dough into balls.
    balls of sugar cookie dough
  • Roll each ball smooth between your hands. Use a cookie dough ball for each snowman's body and half of a cookie dough ball for each snowman's head.
    Place rolled cookie dough balls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet 2" apart.
    balls of cookie dough on baking sheet with parchment paper
  • Flatten cookies slightly with your fingers.
    Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet* before decorating.
    *Note: You can transfer the cookies to a cooling rack after a few minutes, but I found that it wasn't necessary when making these. They cooled quickly, and it allowed them to set up perfectly.
    cookie dough balls pressed down to create snowman shape
  • Beat frosting ingredients together until smooth and creamy. Tint the frosting for the scarves with food coloring.
    Use a small round frosting tip and disposable bag to pipe frosting on for details.
  • Decorate cookies with sprinkles and buttercream frosting.
    bag of white frosting piped onto cookie to attach sprinkle buttons
  • Frosting will crust making these easy to package up.
    baking sheet of decorated snowman cookies

Video

Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container. Candy cane sugar cookies freeze well.
Freeze leftover frosting in a freezer bag for up to 6 months. This is super handy to have on hand.
Watch my step by step video for the best visual tutorial (plays underneath the first image in the blog post).

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcal