It’s that time of year! With impending snow and festivities, seize the opportunity and get to baking. These three tasty and easy recipes are guaranteed to be a hit in your household, try them and see!
Melted Snowman Cookies
By Lindsay Funston
Jonathan Boulton
*Guaranteed to melt your heart*
Total Time: 0:20
Prep: 0:20
Level: Easy
Yield: 12
Ingredients
- 1 dozen baked sugar cookies
- 6 marshmallows, halved at an angle
- White cookie icing, for decorating
- Black cookie icing or melted chocolate, for decorating
- 12 orange jimmies, for noses
- 24 mini M&M’s, for buttons
- Chocolate jimmies, for arms
Directions
- Spread white cookie icing on sugar cookies to create melted blobs.
- Decorate marshmallows with black cookie icing to make dots for eyes and a smile (or smirk).
- Insert an orange jimmy into the marshmallow for a nose.
- Place marshmallow on cookie icing and add more cookie icing around the neck to secure it.
- Decorate buttons and arms: Place mini M&M’s on cookie icing for buttons and add chocolate jimmies for arms.
Santa’s Trash Cookies
By Lindsay Conchar
Lindsay Conchar
Even Santa has a naughty side.
Total Time: 0:25
Cook: 0:08
Level: Easy
Serves: 28 Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 c. cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/3 c. crushed potato chips
- 1/3 c. Crushed Pretzels
- 1/3 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp. red and green sprinkles
- Flaky sea salt, for garnish
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350º and line two cookie sheets with parchment.
- Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Mix in egg and vanilla.
- In another large bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until smooth. Dough will be thick.
- Gently stir in chips, pretzels, chocolate chips, and sprinkles.
- Make tablespoon size balls of dough. Slightly press them down onto the cookie sheet and sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake until edges are just starting to get golden, 7 to 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
Elf on the Shelf-Inspired Mischief Munch
By Candace Braun Davison
Total Time: 35:00
Prep: 10:00
Level: Easy
Ingredients
· 2 c. French Toast Crunch cereal
· 1 c. Cookie Crisp cereal
· 2 2/3 c. Life cereal
· 1 c. mini marshmallows
· 1/2 c. red and green M&Ms
· 12 oz. white chocolate
· 2 tbsp. holiday sprinkles
· 1/4 c. mini chocolate chips
Directions
- In a large bowl, combine all cereals, mini marshmallows, and M&Ms.
- Melt white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring in between. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring to coat everything.
- Transfer mixture to a parchment-lined baking sheet, top with holiday sprinkles and mini chocolate chips, and refrigerate until firm, about 25 minutes.