As much as I love traditional Christmas colors, when it comes to cookies I often find myself leaning toward pastels. These cute Snowman Face Cookies could be made in most any color scheme, but I do think they look extra sweet and wintery in these soft colors.
I first feel in love with this cute and simple design several years ago when I saw these cute snowmen face cookies from Spring Lake Cake. I believe I first saw the alteration of using an ornament cutter (instead of a circle) from Sweet Sugar Belle.
Want to make some of these cute cookies?
A batch of sugar cookies (here’s my Sugar Cookie Recipe).
A batch of royal icing (here’s my Royal Icing Recipe).
A round ornament cookie cutter (such as this one from Karen’s Cookies). Depending on the style of cutter you use, you may need to trim the top of the ornament a bit before baking. You could also use a circle cutter for these cookies, you’d just need to alter the top “puff ball” a bit.
1. Using a medium consistency icing (white), outline and fill in the face portion of the cookie (as shown). Allow this to set about 30 minutes.
2. Using a medium consistency icing (any color choice), outline and fill in the hat portion of the cookie (as shown). Allow this area to dry fully (4+ hours).
3. When the hat and face areas are dry, use a thick consistency icing (white) and add the rim of the hat and the “puff ball” on top of the hat (as shown).
4. Immediately sprinkle non-pareils (or sprinkles of your choice) onto the wet icing (as shown).
5. Add a hint of blush to the cheek area using pink luster dust and a (clean and dry) soft paint brush.
6. Add details to the face (eyes and mouth with black icing, nose with orange icing). Allow to dry fully before packaging.
These cute cookies are sure to bring smiles to anyone you share them with!
Looking for more “sweet” Christmas ideas? I have lots more decorated cookies as well as party ideas and other sweets on my Christmas/Winter posts page.
These are adorable and they have such cute faces. I really like your choice of pretty pastels.
HI Glory, Your cookies always look really cute. I have a question for you. I’ve never used royal icing before to decorate my cookies; only to make flowers and they’re always hard. So, doesn’t the royal icing make it hard to eat the cookie?
Hi Liane, When you use royal icing on a cookie the icing does not dry quite as hard as it does when all sides are exposed to air. The moisture in the cookie keeps the icing (on the underside) slightly softer than it would for items that are air dried. Also, the layer of icing is (or should be) only maybe 1/3 as thick as the cookie, so there is more cookie than icing. So the royal icing is kind of a “shell” for the cookie, but should not (and is not) hard to eat or overly hard.
I always am drawn to pink, purple, and green Christmas cookies – so pretty!
These are so sweet, and I have a few dozen ornament cookies cooling as I type! I love this idea, as my friend is having a multicultural party and we were trying not to be all Christmas themed….such clever cookie girls! I am so happy to know you all! Merry Christmas Glory!
Glory, These are so cute and creative. I like the pastels more than the traditional holiday colors too. Happy Holidays!
The pastel colours of these cute snowmen face cookies are really a pretty change-up from the traditional Christmas colours. Adorable!
So cute! I love them. Pastel colors are so lovely on a cookie!
These little snowmen cookies are sooo cute! ..as are the snowflakes.
i love your colours, especially the blue/turquoise. Would you post the colour you used and how you mixed it to get that blue??? thanks.
Hi Glory, these cookies look amazing. I am in Australia and am wondering how much a stick of butter weighs?
What amazing delicate beautiful biscuits.. Your ideas and work is amazing. I basically bake for home parties etc and as my daughter is allergic to raw egg I stay clear of meringue powder and royal icing . Is there another recipe without egg that can be used in the same way.
shower favors. I have 2 twin girls, 1 boy and and one we do not know. I am going to put 2 cookies in pink for the girls, I in blue for the boy and a lavender for the surprise. I will change the nose a bit. I think these will be adorable. I am anxious t make a sample batch to try.
These are so cute! I want to make them. I’m just curious as to how you make the consistency of the icing from medium to thick?!
The base royal icing recipe (linked in the blog post above) will produce a very thick icing. From this very thick icing, you need to add small amounts of water to thin the icing. So for any cookie design that you need two different consistencies of the same icing, color the icing as needed, then thin just a bit to create the “thick” consistency (about the consistency of toothpaste), add a portion of that icing to a piping bag, then continue to add a bit more water to the remaining icing in the bowl to create a thinner “medium” consistency icing (about the consistency of shampoo). Happy decorating!