How to create a 3D Winter Wonderland - Classic Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

Are you ready for the holiday baking season?  Traditionally, I have always been busy baking goodies for friends and family during the holidays!  What are your favorite things to share around the holidays?  This year, I have created these whimsical 3D Winter Wonderland Sugar Cookies.  Be sure to check out the tutorial above on how I make them.



These 3D cookies are made out of Classic Sugar Cookies and decorated with Royal Icing.  Not only these cookies are crispy (with a hint of butter and vanilla), they are also more sturdy and can hold up to the decorations better than other kind of cookies.   According to my Little Girl, these cookies are perfect for dunking in a cup of hot cocoa! Does she talk like a foodie or what?!  In addition to these Classic Sugar Cookies, I also made a variation of a chocolate flavored ones.




In this 3D Winter Wonderland, you will find Christmas Tree, Snowman, Reindeer and Santa’s Sleigh that are all made of cookies.  As shown in the video above, they are cut from from a 3D cookie cutter set that I bought online from awhile ago. 







In addition to Snowman and Christmas Trees, I also created a few gift box/present cookies to place in front of the Christmas Tree!  We’ve got to have some presents for the holidays, right?  The great news is that you don’t need a cookie cutter to make these gift boxes.  Check out my video tutorial and I’ll show you step by step on how to make them.  They are easier to make than they look, and they are super delicious with a layer of chocolate sugar cookie stacked in the middle! 










So, which one is your favorite?  I personally love the present/gift box and the Santa’s Sleigh cookies the best.  Best of all, just a few simple sprinkles and icing can transform these ordinary sugar cookies into something so amazing!  I hope you’ll give this recipe a try and make them for your family and loved ones.  My kids and I had so much fun decorating these cookies together.  They could be a fun holiday activities with your kiddos as well.  Stay tuned for more fun and festive holiday recipes!




Tools and Ingredients Used:
3D Christmas Cookie Cutter Set (Click here for more information)
Natural Food Coloring (Click here for more information)
Meringue Powder (Click here for more information)
Valrhona Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (Click here for more information)
Silver Dragee (Click here for more information)
Fall Color Sprinkle Pearls (Click here for more information)
Christmas Sprinkle (Click here for more information)
Star Shape Sprinkle (Click here for more information)
Organic Vanilla Extract (Click here for more information)
Kerrygold Butter (Click here for more information)
Organic All-Purpose Flour (Click here for more information)
Rolling Pin with Adjustable rings (Click here for more information)
Pizza Roller (Click here for more information)
Cooling Racks (Click here for more information)
Rolling Mat (Click here for more information)
Food Decorating Tongs/Tweezers (Click here for more information)
Measuring Cup Set (Click here for more information)
Stand Mixer (Click here for more information)
Silpat (Click here for more information)
Baking Sheets (Click here for more information)



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Snowman Macarons (with Step-by Step Pictorial)

♪ ♫ Do you wanna build a snowman? Come on lets go and play….♪ ♫  Or, do you wanna build a snowman French Macaron?  It’s just as fun to do….Okay, I think I’ve got to stop all these singing before I scare you away.   Hahaha….but these adorable Snowman Macarons really put me in good mood and great Christmas spirit.  My Kids enjoyed so much in decorating the Snowman Macarons.  They also shared some with their school teachers and friends.   



There were so much more I wanted to share and post here but there’s so little time.  I’m glad that at least this post gets published before Christmas so if you’re interested to make some, you’ll have the step-by-step pictorial below to follow.  I’m sure these Snowman Macarons will put a smile on anyone’s face this holiday season.



Here goes my Snowman line ups (see picture below). I sprinkle some coconut shreds on the plate to imitate the snow and a few snowflakes sprinkle around.  These snowflakes sprinkles are so pretty to look at and they made the best edible decorations for a winter wonderland scene!



I baked some vanilla macarons in snowman’s shape; they are pretty much 2 circles, with a smaller one on top and a slightly bigger one on the bottom.  Then filled them with vanilla bean Swiss Meringue buttercream.  They are yummy and decadent as is.  Now that the shells are filled, they are ready  to be dressed up! 



Ready to check out how I decorated these cutie snowmen?  Follow me to the kitchen.

For easy preparation, I used some sparkling gel from the store.  You can make your own royal icing as well. But since I’m in the time crunch for the holiday baking marathons, I took a short cut. 

1) To decorate, simply give your snowman the nice and cozy hat by making a half circle icing on the top part of it’s head.
2) Sprinkle with sparking sugar if you like. (such as this one here)
3) Place a snowflake sprinkle on top. I adore these sprinkles!  They are so pretty and make decoration so easy.  Click here for more information.
4) With edible pens, draw the eyes, mouth, scarf and arms.  I used a little orange icing to create the carrot nose.  I used a set from Wilton and the color is amazing and so bright!  (click here for more information)
5) Add 3 dots of icing in the middle of the snowman’s tummy, vertically and “glue” on a few sprinkles for the buttons.  You can use these Pearl Sugar Sprinkles as the buttons. (Click here for more information)





It’s simple as that!  The most adorable edible snowman was created.  You can use your imagination and decorate however you like.  My Kids sure went to town by using different color sprinkles for the hat and buttons, funny eyes shapes, and some with a wink, too!  I hope you enjoy today’s post, pictorial, and give these a try.  Wish you and your family a warm and blessed Christmas!  Stay tuned for more fun recipes and pictorials in the near future. 




Tools and material used in this post:
Wilton Snowflakes Sprinkles (Click here for more information)
Wilton Blue Sprinkle Sugar (Click here for more information)
Wilton Candy Writing Pens (Click here for more information)
Pearl Sugar Sprinkles (Click here for more information)