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Snow Globe Cookies Recipe

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Delightfully festive snow globe cookies featuring a crisp biscuit base with a clear, mint-flavored candy center and colorful sprinkles inside. These cookies are perfect for holiday decorating and can be hung as charming edible ornaments. The cookies combine buttery shortcrust pastry with melted glacier mints to create a glass-like window, enhanced by royal icing snowflakes and a sprinkle-filled interior for a fun, snowy effect.

Ingredients

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Cookie Dough

  • 175g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 100g cold butter, cubed
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • Vegetable oil, for the parchment

Center and Decoration

  • 30 glacier mints (about 160g) or other clear mint-flavored boiled sweets
  • 200g royal icing sugar
  • 5–6 tsp water (to mix with icing sugar)
  • 6 tbsp sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Make the Dough: Blitz the flour, cold butter, and caster sugar together in a food processor until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add vanilla extract and milk, then pulse briefly until larger crumbs form. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly into a smooth ball. Wrap in cling film and chill for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Prepare Baking Sheets: Line two large baking sheets with baking parchment and lightly oil the parchment with vegetable oil to prevent sticking.
  3. Roll and Cut Dough: Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan)/gas mark 4. Roll out the chilled dough on a floured surface to about the thickness of a £1 coin. Using an 8cm round cutter, stamp out circles, then use a 5cm cutter to cut holes from the center of each circle to create a ring shape. Cut small holes near the top edge of each biscuit with the tip of a round piping nozzle or a straw for threading ribbons later. Re-roll the scraps and continue cutting until all dough is used, aiming for an even number of biscuits (approximately 20 total).
  4. Bake Base Biscuits: Carefully transfer the biscuits to the prepared baking sheets and bake for 6 minutes until the edges are just golden.
  5. Prepare Candy Center: While biscuits bake, crush the glacier mints in a food processor or with a pestle and mortar until finely broken.
  6. Fill and Bake Again: Remove the biscuits from the oven after 6 minutes and spoon about 1 heaped teaspoon of crushed mints into each cut-out center. Return to the oven and bake an additional 5 minutes until the mints melt and bubble but do not color. Use a skewer to gently push the molten candy toward the edges if it has not spread evenly. Allow to cool and harden on the baking sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  7. Prepare Royal Icing: Mix the royal icing sugar with 5 to 6 teaspoons of water until thick yet pipeable. Spoon the icing into a piping bag fitted with a small round nozzle.
  8. Decorate Bottoms: Using the piping bag, flood or pipe patterns such as snowflakes onto the flattened bottoms of the biscuits (the ones with melted mint centers). Allow the icing to dry completely.
  9. Assemble Cookies: Once the icing is dry, flip one biscuit over onto a clean tea towel to avoid damage. Pipe a small ring of icing around the biscuit edge, staying clear of the center and edges to prevent overflow when sandwiching. Spoon about a teaspoon of sprinkles onto the melted mint center, avoiding contact with the icing. Top with a second biscuit, matching ribbon holes. Press gently to sandwich together. Repeat for all cookies.
  10. Final Drying and Decoration: Allow the assembled cookies to dry completely before shaking to allow sprinkles to move freely inside. Thread ribbons through the punched holes for hanging as festive decorations. Store cookies in an airtight container for up to one week.

Notes

  • Ensure biscuits are completely cooled and icing is fully dried before sandwiching to prevent smudging and damage.
  • Use clear mint candies like glacier mints for the best translucent center; avoid colored or opaque candies.
  • The small holes added for ribbons should be positioned carefully to avoid breaking during baking or handling.
  • Adjust the amount of water added to icing sugar to achieve a thick but pipeable consistency for easy decorating.
  • Store cookies in an airtight container to maintain freshness for up to one week.
  • These cookies are perfect for holiday gift-giving or as edible Christmas tree ornaments.

Keywords: snow globe cookies, holiday cookies, melt-in-center biscuits, Christmas cookies, festive treats, royal icing cookies, glazing candy cookies

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