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Butter Cookie Snowmen Recipe

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"It was great fun making these tasty cookies with my grandchildren last Christmas," relates field editor Kathleen Taugher of East Troy, Wisconsin. "The dough is easy to shape."

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Butter Cookie Snowmen Recipe

Prep: 40 min. Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield: 24 Servings

40 15 55

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
Red and yellow paste food coloring
Miniature chocolate chips

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add milk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Remove 1/3 cup of dough to a small bowl; tint with red food coloring. Repeat with 1/3 cup of dough and yellow food coloring; set aside.
For snowmen, shape white dough into 24 balls, 1-1/4 in. each; 24 balls, about 1/2 in. each; and 24 balls, about 1/8 in. each. For bodies, place large balls on two ungreased baking sheets; flatten to 3/8-in. thickness. Place 1/2-in. balls above bodies for heads; flatten.
Shape red dough into 24 balls, 1/8 in. each, and 24 triangles. Place triangles above heads for hats; attach 1/8-in. white balls for tassels. Place red balls on heads for noses. Divide the yellow dough into 24 pieces; shape into scarves and position on snowmen. Add chocolate chip eyes and buttons.
Bake at 325° for 13-16 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before carefully removing to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 126 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 78 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Butter Cookie Snowmen in Taste of Home December/January 2003, p10

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Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2010 by Halfways

This will be my third year to make these treats. The dough is very easy to handle. The time involved is worth the fun of seeing everyone's face light up when they spy these happy little guys. Not only are they cute..they have a great flavor. Everyone looks forward to these taste sensations.

Reviewed on Nov. 21, 2008 by smarks

When I mixed up the dough, it was really dry so I had to add more milk. If I make these cookies again, I would not add any of the food coloring until the white dough balls for the bodies are completed.