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Actress and entrepreneur Sarah Michelle Gellar shared a sugar cookie recipe from the company she co-founded, Foodstirs, the maker of organic and kid-oriented baking kits.
Her recipe features Foodstirs' organic sweet tooth sugar cookie mix, transformed into melted snowmen, making it a great cookie to make with kids.
Check out the recipe below and step-by-step guide!
Makes about 15 servings
Ingredients:
For the crust:
Foodstirs Organic Sweet Tooth Sugar Cookie Mix
1 egg
12 tablespoons of unsalted butter, cold (cubed)
For the toppings:
1 cup of Foodstirs organic vanilla frosting
1 packet of Color Kitchen natural pink dye + 1 packet of Color Kitchen natural orange dye
1 packet of Color Kitchen blue dye
1 packet of Color Kitchen green dye
1 packet of Color Kitchen orange dye
1 capsule of activated charcoal
15 India Tree Natures Colors orange sprinkles
8 Dandies all-natural vegan marshmallows (cut in halves)
Instructions:
For the cookies:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on low speed or by hand until creamy, then blend in egg. Slowly add in the Sweet Tooth Sugar Cookie Mix and blend until dough is formed.
Gather dough into a ball, wrap dough in plastic wrap and freeze for 20 minutes until slightly firm.
2. Roll dough out into a large circle about 1/4-inch thick and use a 3-inch cookie cutter to cut out as many circles as the dough allows (should be close to 15).
3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes and allow to cool before assembling.
For the frosting:
1. Divide the organic frosting into six bowls, doubling up the vanilla frosting in one bowl. In all the bowls, except the double bowl, begin mixing in the according colors until you have red, blue, orange, green, black and white.
For assembly:
1. Take a cookie and pour on some of the white frosting on the middle of the cookie in a "melted" design. Put a marshmallow half in the center of the cookie and put one India Tree orange sprinkle into the center. Next, use the black frosting to pipe on eyes and a smile.
2. Add the melted snowman arms on the sides of the cookie using the black frosting. Begin piping on buttons and scarves with the different frosting colors. Repeat with all cookies. Enjoy!
Recipe courtesy of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Foodstirs.
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Editor's note: This was originally published on Dec. 10, 2018.