Good day! I’m Sparkle, snowman extraordinaire, and friend of Frosty! Did you know that the first drawing of a snowman was found in a book from 1380? That is a long time ago, but it makes sense since people have always loved playing in the snow! To capture that fun, why not make a snow globe cookie! Here are some tips-
- If you don’t want to use sugar glass, just break up light colored candy (blues, yellows) for your glass.
- Cook on parchment, not on a slip mat, since slip mats can leave a pattern on your “glass.”
- Either way, let the “glass” cookie bake for 5 minutes before filling in the circle with the sugar/ candy to melt. The edges will bleed and be crumbly if you do not let them pre-cook.
- cookie cutters are on amazon, or just roll out your dough and cut out a circle with a base and a second cookie with the same shape but with the center cut out (this will hold the “glass”)
- frost, let dry, pour in some sprinkles and then frost the outline of bottom cookie and attach.
alton brown's sugar cookie
Ingredients
- 3 c flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 c butter softened
- 1 c sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tbs milk
- powdered sugar for rolling out dough, or flour
Instructions
- sift together flour, baking powder and salt, set aside
- with stand mixer, beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy
- add egg and milk and combine
- add in flour, mixing on low. beat until mixture pulls from side of bowl
- make 2 disks of dough, place in plastic bag and put in fridge for at least 2 hours (longer is better, so egg protein has a chance to spread)
- pre heat oven to 375
- powder rolling surface or parchment paper with powdered sugar and roll out dough about 1/4'' thick. you can either pull dough away from cutter and leave shape on parchment paper or transfer the shape to another sheet of parchment paper using a spachula.
- place parchment paper on cookie sheet and bake for 9-11 mintues
broken glass sugar
Ingredients
- 2 c sugar
- 1 c corn syrup
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 3/4 c water
Instructions
- bring all ingredients to boil, stirring until boiling sugar dissolves
- reduce heat to medium high and wait for the temp to rise to 290- 300 degrees, any less and it won't harden, you dont need to stir at this point, just let it do its thing
- immediatly pour molten sugar into a rimmed sheet pan coated and tilt it to coat the entire pan
- let it cool (for at least 2 hours), then crack it by slamming the sheet pan, to get pieces of broken, delicous "glass" to decorate all your morbid halloween confections! you must line where you insert the glass with red food coloring for maximum effect.
royal icing
this is a great coating for a huge cookie, it firms up and is pretty hardy!
Ingredients
- 6 c confectioners sugar sifted!
- 3/4 c water
- 1/3 c meringue powder
Instructions
- with mixer on low, drizzle water over confectioners sugar
- mix on low for about 7 minutes, do not put mixer any higher than low or you get loads of air bubbles
- add coloring as needed, if you want thicker frosting, add more sifted confectioner sugar in 1/4 c increments
