MELTED SNOWMAN BISCUITS
It is that time of year and soon we will be bombarded with end of year parties, kindergarten get-togethers, endless parties and family gatherings. Are you always stuck with – “bring a platter or something to share?”
Here is a cute little idea that the kids will go bonkers over. I usually stay away from anything snowman related given we have a hot summer Christmas in Australia but I loved the idea of the melted snowman on cookies. This is not a new idea but I thought I would re-create it for those of you who haven’t seen it before.
I have used a standard biscuit base which I have used before in my Funny Face Biscuit Recipe for Be A Fun Mum but this time I have decreased the amount of sugar since the biscuits are covered in icing sugar. You can use any biscuit base you like including gingerbread, bran & oats or shortbread (homemade or store purchased).
Ingredients:
- 125g butter, melted
- 1/3 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 ½ cups plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup Icing sugar (for decorating)
- Marshmallows, mini m&m’s & icing pens (for decorating)
- In a large bowl, add melted butter, sugar, eggs & vanilla & whisk until combined.
- Stir in flour & baking powder until a soft dough forms. Tip out onto a bench and use your hands to bring it all together. If you are impatient, you can use the dough immediately or alternatively, you can wrap dough in plastic wrap & freeze for 30 mins. This will make the dough firm and a little easier to work with.
- Preheat oven to 200oC Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.
- Roll out dough onto a floured surface approx ½ cm thick. You want the biscuits to be fairly large since you want to give the illusion of a melted snowman on top. Cut circles using the rim of a glass (approx 9cm diameter). Don’t worry if your biscuits are not exactly perfect as you are going to cover the top of them anyway.
- Place on baking trays & bake in preheated oven for 6 – 8 mins or until golden. Remove from oven & allow to cool completely.
DECORATING
- Using the icing pen, draw little faces on the marshmallows. I used black pen for the eyes and mouth and pink pen for the noses. You can use one pen for both if you like. For the nose, I slowly squeezed the icing out as I pulled the pen away from the marshmallow to give a 3D effect.
- Mix 1 cup icing sugar with 3 tsp water. Stir until smooth. The consistency should be runny but thick enough to spread on the biscuit. Spread on the biscuit to give a melted effect.
- Place the marshmallow face into the icing. Add 3 buttons to each snowman. I used mini m&m’s but you can use whatever you have in the pantry. Set aisde for the icing to set.
- Once hard, I then used the black icing pen to draw on the arms. I skipped the snowman scarf as it was an extra step that I didn’t think was necessary and they look great just the way they were. Feel free to add a scarf to your snowmen if you like.
Once set, let the kids at them!
33 Comments
Petra Hammond
November 21, 2015 at 7:49 pmThis is a fab idea!
faryal
November 22, 2015 at 8:03 pmWonderful idea! Very creative and easy 🙂
June Duncan
November 29, 2015 at 5:41 amoven heat please
Kelly - Be A Fun Mum
November 30, 2015 at 8:54 am200 degrees celsius
Savannah
November 28, 2017 at 9:39 amAbout how many biscuits do you think this recipe will make?
Kelly - Be A Fun Mum
November 28, 2017 at 12:46 pmI would say approximately 20. It depends on how large you make the biscuits.
Betty
December 4, 2022 at 1:11 amhey bestie your cookies are really hard
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December 2, 2015 at 10:10 pmLove this idea. I was lost this year as to what I was going to do for my great great nieces at Christmas. I like to give them a goody bag filled with unusual things, I had done a few things for them but just needed something else. Then I saw this. GREAT. So going to make these for them, and I know they will have fun when they open the bags. They get excited in seeing what I have made for them.
Catherine
December 8, 2015 at 2:41 pmGreat idea! What did you use for the nose?
Thanks,
Catherine
Catherine
December 8, 2015 at 2:43 pmSorry! Re-read the instructions!
Kelly - Be A Fun Mum
December 22, 2015 at 1:42 pmHa. No worries!
Debbie Patterson
December 19, 2015 at 2:46 amHow big is the cup – i.e how much flour and sugar??
Kelly - Be A Fun Mum
December 22, 2015 at 1:42 pmHi Debbie. You’ll need to use measuring cups. They are labeled 1 cup – 1/2 cup – 1/3 cup etc.
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Barbara Thistle
November 22, 2016 at 7:30 amWhere can you get the Icing Sugar? Is it the same as confectionere’s sugar ? I used wilton’s icing very dull..
I like the shine on yours…
Thank You
Kelly - Be A Fun Mum
November 24, 2016 at 2:33 pmYes it’s the same as confectioners sugar
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Tineke
November 30, 2016 at 2:41 amHow many biscuits can you make with this amount of dough?
Kaleema
December 3, 2016 at 1:47 pmCan you color the “frosting” (confection sugar and water) with food coloring?
Denise Laraiso
December 4, 2016 at 2:36 amHi, love this! Thought too that you could use pretzel sticks for the arms, 1 whole and another broken in half for both sides. Put on when sugar is still soft.
Kelly - Be A Fun Mum
December 6, 2016 at 10:05 amGreat idea.
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December 21, 2016 at 2:51 pmCan you freeze these already made up???
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January 3, 2017 at 11:38 amI don’t think they will freeze well, but you could try one and see.
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Charlene
June 9, 2017 at 5:31 pmThanks. Love the idea. Easy to follow recipe
Michelle Sanderson
December 18, 2018 at 2:32 amI’ve just made them and used some improvisation. Melted chocolate to pipe on marshmallows for eyes, mouth and arms. Tiny slices of orange sweets like skittles for the nose (use a cocktail stick to poke a hole in the marshmallow and then it’s easier to get the sweet into). Smarties for buttons.
The recipe made 20.
Oven temp 180 c if a fan oven for 8 mins.
Takes a while to decorate but lots of fun.
Kelly - Be A Fun Mum
December 19, 2018 at 8:59 amThanks for your feedback. Always so helpful!
Mark
October 11, 2019 at 5:48 pmGreat Idea for kids parties. So simple and they look great.