White Chocolate Snowflake Sugar Cookies

For all the delicious holiday cookies out there, sometimes you just need to make a batch of good vanilla sugar cookies, grab a cute cookie cutter and a bag of icing. Solo project, family activity, friend get-together or kid project, these cookies are an annual favorite.

I definitely don't have mad cookie decorating skills. But I love these snowflake shaped cutters and I feel like that's half the battle. Instead of a more traditional royal icing, I opted for melting white chocolate. It's definitely not as precise but I really enjoy the flavor of the white chocolate with this cookie.

Although these are called sugar cookies, they use quite a bit of flour so they're no overly sweet. There's room for the chocolate and even a little sanding sugar on top for a bit of glisten. Easy to make, fun to eat and I hear Santa likes these, too. Enjoy!

Yield: 2 Dozen

Author: Anita Schecter

White Chocolate Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 11 Mininactive time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 31 M

Recipe for a buttery sugar cookie, shaped like stars and decorated with melted white chocolate and sanding sugar.

Ingredients

• 2 Sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 Cup granulated sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla
• 3 Cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons salt
• 4 oz. White chocolate for topping
• Sanding sugar for topping

Instructions

1. Cream together the butter and granulated sugar using a hand or stand mixer. Beat for approximately 5 minutes and then beat in the egg and vanilla.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet, form into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for an hour.
3. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
4. Roll the dough out to about a 1/2" thickness and use a 3" cookie cutter to cut out your desired shape. Place about 2" apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 10 - 11 minutes. Let the cookies cool before frosting.
5. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, pour into a pastry bag or plastic sandwich bag and snip off the tip with scissors. Decorate the cookies and enjoy.