Christmas Cookie Pops

snowflake christmas cookie on a stick decorated

Christmas sugar cookie pops are a delicious treat to bake and share

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword christmas cookies, cookies

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Chill time 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings cookies

Calories 97kcal

Author Jen

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon cinnamon

Royal Icing

1 cup icing sugar
1 tablespoon meringue powder
1 tablespoon water plus more to reach your desired icing thickness
various Christmas sprinkles

Instructions

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Stir in egg and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.
Turn the mixer down to a low setting and gradually add flour mixture, until dough forms. It should pull away from the sides of the mixing bowl.
Divide the dough into two portions and wrap each in plastic wrap. Cool dough in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface…roll to ¼″ thickness. Use the snowflake cookie cutter to cut out snowflakes. Keep the scraps of dough wrapped and set aside.
Place the unbaked snowflakes on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Press the popsicle stick into the back of the snowflake. Now it's time to use the dough like play-dough. Press a patch of cookie dough over the popsicle stick. This will secure the popsicle stick in place, so make sure the popsicle stick is completely covered. Gently, flip the cookie over. You want the mended side to be facing down.
Bake the cookies in a 350°F oven for 10-12 minutes, until they are lightly golden brown. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then set aside on a cooling rack.
While the cookies cool, make a batch of royal icing - in a small bowl whisk together the icing sugar and meringue powder. Slowly whisk in the water...1 tablespoon at a time...until the icing reaches the consistency that you want. Transfer the icing to a piping bag and use the scissors to clip a small opening.
Fill small bowls with different Christmas sprinkles. Let the kids have fun decorating the cookies however they like. I love how creative the kids get with the cookies. My kids love piping or spreading on the cookies and then dipping the iced cookies into the Christmas sprinkles...face down...big dip.
When the cookies are done being decorated set them aside to dry. When you touch the icing and it is firm, slide the cookies into the plastic bags and wrap a piece of ribbon around the bag to seal it up.

Notes

Nutrition Info is to be used as a rough guide. Nutrition Info is based on the products I am using and you may not be using the same products/brands. Thus, the Nutrition Info may vary.

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