Every box of holiday cookies needs a star. These gluten free snowman sugar cookies are the flashy cookies to put at the top of the box. And no one has to know just how easy they are to make!
Every year for the holidays, I bake dozen and dozens (and dozens!) of cookies for the hard-working, talented creative people on my husband's team at the advertising agency where he's a creative director. They don't ask for it, of course, and honestly I'm sure it means more to some than to others (I know who my best customers are!).
But I do it year after year because, although he gives each of them a gift card too, hope springs eternal that a handmade gift (by someone who takes cleanliness very, very seriously I promise!) just conveys warmth better than anything else. Especially around the holidays.
Every box of cookies (and every holiday cookie plate) has to have at least one obvious star ?. A diva. This year, it's these adorable gluten free snowman sugar cookies. Luckily, they're super easy to make because I really did mean I'm making many, many dozens of cookies (15 boxes of 'em)!
I like to use chocolate sprinkles for the eyes, but miniature chocolate chips make perfectly fine peepers, too. I tried and tried to find a suitable (edible) snowman hat, but the more creative I got about it, the further we got from being able to call these cookies “easy.” And easy is where it's at this time of year!
It did take me more than a couple minute to liberate the red and green miniature M&Ms from the pack of blues, oranges and browns. But if I were you, I'd either pay a small child a generous wage of brown mini M&Ms to find the proper colors for you—or simply decide you're agnostic about the colors altogether.
You can also go a little crazy and tint the simple sugar glaze red or green for the scarves, but I felt better able to whistle while I worked and keep that holiday spirit alive … when I decided not to mess with food coloring. I really can't wait to perch a few of these sweet little snowmen on top of everyone's box of holiday cookies. A little love from the oven never hurt anyone, right?