Easy Snow Globe Sugar Cookies

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I am a happy girl today, people. A happy, happy girl. Know why?

Because of some cookies and some cookie dough. Seriously. I’m a simple girl.

I can’t even express in words how happy these Nestle Toll House Rolled & Ready Cookie Dough Sheets make me. 

Decorating sugar cookies is one of my very favorite things to do during Christmas, but I really have no patience to make the dough, chill it, roll it out, and all that garbage. Too. Much. Work. I just want to jump right to the fun part of decorating. 

I used to get a product similar to these a few years ago, but then they disappeared. And so did my desire to make sugar cookies.

Then I discovered that Nestle started making these, and I wanted to do a happy dance. {Ok, maybe I did actually do a happy dance. Who can be sure?}.

So I decided to show you how literally anyone can make adorable decorated sugar cookies — even if you have no baking or decorating ability. I mean, come on, how cute are these?? They look like little snow globes! I love them. And they literally take minutes to make. 

Start off by cutting circles out of your Rolled & Ready Cookie Dough Sheets and cook them according to the package directions.

Now, whip up a batch of royal icing. Royal icing is one of those things that people are scared of, but it’s really not that hard to make. The key is meringue powder, which you can find in the baking aisle of pretty much any large grocery store or at craft stores like Michael’s, Joann Fabrics, Hobby Lobby, etc.

Spoon out a small amount of icing into a bowl and tint it green. Then just spoon both the green and the white icing into piping bags or zip-top bags. Snip off a small corner of each bag, and you’re ready to get decorating!

Start by piping a wavy line across the middle. This will be your hill. Then pipe around the rest of the circle to make an outline. Fill in that outline with white icing. 

Pipe two circles on top of one of the hills for a snowman. 

Next to him, pipe green icing in a widening zig-zag for a little Christmas tree. 

I added on some snowflake sprinkles, which I adhered with tiny dots of royal icing, but you could always just do plain dots of icing for snowflakes or just leave them off entirely. 

Now, it’s time to let everything dry. I would recommend letting them sit for several hours, even overnight if you can. I tend to get a little impatient though, so mine only sat for about 3 hours.

I drew on the eyes, buttons, nose and arms with food coloring markers. {I always use Americolor Gourmet Food Writers, they are by far the best.}

That’s it!! You’ve got yourself some ridiculously cute and easy snow globe cookies! Your friends will be super impressed. {And you won’t have to tell them that you didn’t even make the cookie dough!}

Easy Snow Globe Sugar Cookies

Jennifer Young

These snow globe sugar cookies use Nestle Toll House Rolled & Ready Sugar Cookie Dough to make them super fun and easy to make!

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Prep Time 45 mins

Cook Time 12 mins

Ingredients

  

• 2 packages Nestle Rolled & Ready Sugar Cookie Dough
• 3 Tbsp meringue powder
• 6 Tbsp water
• 4 c sifted powdered sugar
• Green food coloring
• Food coloring markers
• Snowflake sprinkles {optional}

Instructions

 

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a 3-4" cookie cutter, cut circles out of 4 sheets of Rolled & Ready Cookie Dough. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until barely beginning to brown on edges. Cool completely.
• 2. To make royal icing, beat meringue powder and water together until frothy. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat for 7-8 minutes. If icing is too thick, add in more water, 1/2 tsp at a time. If icing is too thin, add powdered sugar, 1 Tbsp at a time.
• 3. Spoon out a small amount of icing into a bowl and tint it green. Spoon both the green and the white icing into piping bags or zip-top bags. Snip off a small corner of each bag.
• 4. Start by piping a wavy line across the middle of the cookie to make your hill. Then pipe around the rest of the circle to make an outline. Fill in that outline with white icing.
• 5. Pipe two circles on top of one of the hills for a snowman. Next to him, pipe green icing in a widening zig-zag for a little Christmas tree.
• 6. If desired, adhere snowflake sprinkles to cookie using small dots of white icing. Let cookies dry for several hours or overnight.
• 7. Use food coloring markers to draw on eyes, buttons, nose and arms.

Notes

Adapted from Nestle Toll House