SAD Melted Snowmen

 Fun and cute Cookies they taste great too!







Ingredients COOKIES
2c butter
2c sugar
2 eggs
2tsp almond extract or vanilla
6c all purpose flour
2tsp baking powder
1tsp salt

Method
Mix butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs then vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and then add to the butter mixture a cup at a time until completely blended. Roll into balls and Smash. Line cookie sheet. You could use Pam, but its not necessary to grease sheet.  Bake at 350° 10-12 min. Let cool completely before decorating.


Royal icing
3tbsp Meringue Powder
4c (about 1 lb.) confectioners' sugar
6tbsp warm water

Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer, 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer).  For stiffer icing, use 1 tablespoon less water.
 

DECORATIONS
SNOW: royal icing
HEADS: marshmallows  
BUTTONS: sprinkles 
SCARVES AND GLOVES: piping gel
ARMS: licorice ropes 
EYES: Americolor black food color gel or mini choc chips 

Decorating
Flood cookies with white royal icing, attach marshmallow head, pick one that's squished a little. Place licorice arms and sprinkle buttons on wet icing. Wait for icing to harden to make piped scarves and faces. For the faces I used the Ameicolor gel and a toothpick, but you could use whatever you can creatively think of for faces.