Melted Snowman Southern Tea Cakes
By Paula Deen
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Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 20
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6 to 8 dozen
Ingredients
- 4 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 lb (2 sticks) softened Butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- marshmallows, cut in half
- long orange sprinkles
- M&Ms
- black piping gel
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
In a large bowl sift flour, baking soda and baking powder together. Add remaining ingredients and blend well. Dough will be soft and wet. On a floured surface shape the dough into a disk, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Flour surface again and roll dough out until approximately 1/4 inch thick. Cut dough into desired shapes and bake on a slightly greased sheet pan for 10 to 12 minutes.
Microwave your icing for 10 seconds (may need to repeat a few times to get to the right consistency) to thin it out and make it easier to handle in the piping bag.
Add icing to piping bag and snip off a small tip.
Frost your cookies with the icing. Don’t be afraid to let it drip off the sides.
Add your marshmallows toward the back of the cookies as the head. Place your M&M buttons quickly before the frosting sets.
Using your black gel writing type decorators icing, pipe out the arms by the head.
Let your cookies dry and set for 20-30 minutes before adding the eyes to the head with a mouth and attach your orange nose sprinkle.