Name: Snowman Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened -; 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened -; 2 cups sugar -; 1 large egg, room temperature -; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -; 1/4 teaspoon almond extract -; 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract -; 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour -; 1 teaspoon baking powder -; Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, and green and red M&M's minis -; Frosting: -; 1 cup confectioners' sugar -; 1/8 teaspoon coconut extract -; 2 to 4 teaspoons 2% milk -; Red and/or green food coloring -; Miniature milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped -

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Snowman Cookies

1. 1 cup butter, softened -

2. 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened -

3. 2 cups sugar -

4. 1 large egg, room temperature -

5. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -

6. 1/4 teaspoon almond extract -

7. 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract -

8. 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour -

9. 1 teaspoon baking powder -

10. Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, and green and red M&M's minis -

11. Frosting: -

12. 1 cup confectioners' sugar -

13. 1/8 teaspoon coconut extract -

14. 2 to 4 teaspoons 2% milk -

15. Red and/or green food coloring -

16. Miniature milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped -

How to cook deliciously - Snowman Cookies

1. Stage

In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and extracts. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder. Editor's Tip: It's important to give the butter mixture enough time to whip up and aerate. Make sure you know how to cream butter and sugar properly for the best baked goods. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Cover the dough and refrigerate overnight.

2. Stage

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and shape it evenly into 48 1-inch balls, 48 3/4-inch balls and 48 1/2-inch balls. On ungreased baking sheets, place one ball of each size, side by side, to "build" each snowman. Editor's Tip: Dough balls should be firm enough to hold their size and shape. If they get too soft as you work with them, toss the dough back in the fridge until it firms up, 10 to 30 minutes. If the dough balls are too firm to work with, let them sit at room temp for a minute to soften.

3. Stage

Bake the cookies for 18 to 20 minutes or until light brown. Remove them from the oven, then let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for two minutes. Gently press the chocolate chips into the cookies for eyes and the M&M's for buttons. Carefully remove the cookies from the baking sheets and transfer to wire racks. Let them cool completely. Editor's Tip: Bake these cookies in batches so that you don't overcrowd the oven or the baking sheets. While you bake one batch, toss the unbaked snowman cookies back in the fridge so they don't get too soft. Also, after each batch, let the hot baking sheet cool down before you use it again, or you risk burning your cookie bottoms.

4. Stage

In a small bowl, beat the confectioners' sugar, coconut extract and enough milk to reach a piping consistency. For two different frosting colors, transfer half of the frosting to a separate bowl and tint each with a different food coloring.

5. Stage

Time to get creative with your snow friends! Cut a small hole in a corner of a food-safe plastic bag and fill the bag with frosting (or two bags for two different frostings). Pipe scarves on the snowmen. Use frosting to attach chocolate Kisses for hats. Editor's Tip: If your baking helpers haven't already jumped in, this is the time! Kids of all ages will enjoy decorating their own snowpeople.