Flaky Friends
Snowflake cookies decorated with charming little character heads wearing hats.
Ingredients
Chocolate Orange Cut-Outs (p. 87)
Royal Icing (p. 87)
4 pc. Nesting Snowflakes Metal Cutter Set
1
Christmas Red, Kelly Green, Orange, Black (food coloring)
waxed paper
Instructions
1
Pre-make Heads
In advance: Make heads. Using thinned royal icing in a cut parchment bag, pipe 1 in. puddle dots (p. 11) on waxed paper-covered surface. Let dry 24 hours.
2
Make Cookies
Prepare and roll out dough. Cut snowflakes using 2nd smallest cutter from set. Bake and cool.
3
Decorate Snowflakes and Heads
Decorate with full-strength icing. Pipe tip 2 outline snowflake details. Attach heads to center. Using tip 3, outline and pipe in top hat and Santa hat; pipe dot earmuffs, outline headband, zigzag and swirl fur trim on Santa hat. Using tip 2, pipe dot eyes and cheeks; pipe outline mouth and band on top hat. Pipe tip 3 pull-out noses.
