This holiday season, why not spread a little cheer with a homemade cookie recipe that is super tasty? I have a brownie snowflake sugar cookies recipe to share with you that is amazing! It has all the flavour of a brownie with the crispy crunch of a good sugar cookie! Everyone loves these easy to make cookies.
There is nothing quite like spending an afternoon in the kitchen to make homemade treats for the holidays. With holiday music playing, and all of the good smells taking over the house, it is hard not to get into the spirit of things. A fresh from the oven snowflake cookie helps things too!
This recipe combines two favourites into one delicious package, and they are so easy to design if you have a snowflake cookie cutter. Instead of spending hours decorating your Christmas treats you can put a few simple lines of icing on the cookie to have something beautiful and ready to share!
Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies Helpful Tips
- I do recommend using unsweetened dark cocoa powder in this recipe because it creates such a wonderful chocolate flavour for this cookie, but if you can’t get that kind, feel free to use your favourite cocoa powder.
- This recipe comes together in just about 25 minutes, but before getting started, be sure to prepare to chill the dough for at least an hour. It will be so much easier to work with after a cool resting period. Before decorating these snowflake cookies, allow them to cool for at least 5 minutes so the icing doesn’t melt on the cookie.
5 MORE HOLIDAY COOKIE RECIPES
If you are looking for more Christmas cookie recipe ideas, you might like these:
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- Holiday Double Chocolate Cookies Recipe
- Christmas Shortbread Cookies Recipe
- Chai Snickerdoodle Holiday Cookies Recipe
- Delicious Peppermint Meringue Cookies Recipe
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Any of the beverages listed below will be delicious to drink with these holiday cookies!
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Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup flour for rolling dough
- Pre-made icing or your favourite homemade icing
Material Used
- Snowflake cookie cutter
- Bowl
- Measuring spoons and cup
- Spatula
- Cutting board
- Sheet pan
- Parchment paper
How To Make The Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies
- Add together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder in a medium sized bowl. Whisk to combine. Set to the side.
- In a stand mixer add the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt. Use a paddle attachment and beat until combined and fluffy. Begin to add the eggs one at a time, mixing until each one is fully incorporated. Begin to add the dry ingredients slowly to the butter mixture. Mix until a dough forms.
- Cover a cutting board with plastic wrap. Take your dough and place on the plastic covered wood board. Form the dough into a ball. Cover the bag in plastic wrap. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Take out the chilled dough from the refrigerator.
- On a large cutting board or counter top add your flour and spread to cover the surface.
- Remove the dough from the plastic wrap and place on the prepared surface.
- Using a rolling pin roll it to 1/4-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut into your desired shapes.
- Place the cookies to sheet pans lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven. Let the cookies cool for about 5 minutes.
- Decorate a few simple lines of icing on the cookie to make a snowflake (see photos above) and serve!
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Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies
Equipment
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup flour for rolling dough
- Pre-made icing or your favourite homemade icing
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 sticks 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup flour for rolling dough
- Pre-made icing or your favourite homemade icing
Instructions
- Add together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder in a medium sized bowl. Whisk to combine. Set to the side.
- In a stand mixer add the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt. Use a paddle attachment and beat until combined and fluffy. Begin to add the eggs one at a time, mixing until each one is fully incorporated. Begin to add the dry ingredients slowly to the butter mixture. Mix until a dough forms.
- Cover a cutting board with plastic wrap. Take your dough and place on the plastic covered wood board. Form the dough into a ball. Cover the bag in plastic wrap. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Take out the chilled dough from the refrigerator.
- On a large cutting board or counter top add your flour and spread to cover the surface.
- Remove the dough from the plastic wrap and place on the prepared surface.
- Using a rolling pin roll it to 1/4-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut into your desired shapes.
- Place the cookies to sheet pans lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven. Let the cookies cool for about 5 minutes.
- Decorate a few simple lines of icing on the cookie to make a snowflake and serve!
Notes
- Snowflake cookie cutter
- Bowl
- Measuring spoons and cup
- Spatula
- Cutting board
- Sheet pan Parchment paper
Thank you for sharing your recipes. The Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies Recipe looks delicious. I will have to add this one to my Holiday baking list.
Hoping you make them!
So delicious, very simple to make but so pretty.
Thank you!
Those are so pretty and I bet they are just as good, the perfect cookie to set out for Santa!
Haven’t made them yet, but looks really pretty to make. Hope to make these soon. Thank you for the recipe.
Hoping you like the cookies!
I love making Christmas cookies with my nieces . These are so cute , definitely going to try them this year .
Hoping you like them!
These look and sound amazing definitely want to try them out for the holidays.
The Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies look so nice! Very festive! Will add them to my cookie list to make!
Awesome, thanks!
My wife is an excellent cook, so I will give her this recipe – let her cook it for the New Year’s table)
Great idea! They are so festive!
I would like to make these with my grandchildren and see their artistic decorating skills.
These cookies look amazing! I love the idea of Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies. I think my family would like them more than gingerbread and they looks just as pretty!
I love the simplicity of the recipe and how delicious it looks! I will have to try it! Thanks!
Your decorating is very well done, i dont think my hand is so steady
This is easy to make and the kids can help use the cookie cutters and decorate the cookies.
This recipe looks easy and the grand kids would love to help with cutting and decorating but most of all eating!!!