Snowman Recipes

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Winter is coming. While waiting more snow... let´s keep some fun in the kitchen!

Snowman Chocolate Mousse

You need:

chocolate mousse
vanilla ice cream
cookie crumbs
slices of carrot

Create your snowmen like in the picture.

Chocolate Mousse

5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
3 ounces milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup whole milk
3 tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Place both chocolates in the bowl of a food processor and process until finely ground. Leave the chocolate in the bowl.

Combine the milk and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. With the food processor running, pour the hot milk mixture through the feed tube and process until the chocolate is completely melted. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the vanilla, and process until blended. Scrape mixture into a large bowl.

Gently fold one-third of the remaining whipped cream into the chocolate. Fold in the rest of the whipped cream until completely blended. Scrape the chocolate mousse over the peanut butter mousse layer. Loosely cover the cake and freeze for at least 1 hour, until firm.

 

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Coconut Snowmen

2 1/2 pints best-quality vanilla ice cream
Two 7-ounce packages coconut
Orange food coloring


For the Nose
1 tablespoon marzipan (1/4 ounce) (pieces of carrots works too)

For the Eyes, Mouth, and Buttons
40 licorice candies (or cookie crumbs)

For the Hat
4 pieces of chocolate cookie or squares of chocolate cake)
4 chocolate wafers
Sifted confectioners' sugar

Directions
Line a baking pan that fits in your freezer with parchment paper. Scoop the vanilla ice cream, rounding scoops as much as possible, until you have 4 of each size, and place on the prepared baking pan. Place the pan in the freezer to harden for 15 minutes.

Remove the ice cream from the freezer, and roll in coconut. Return to pan, then return the pan to the freezer. Add orange food coloring to marzipan until carrot color is attained. Shape marzipan into small carrot shapes, using a paring knife to make ridges. Remove 1 small scoop of ice cream at a time from the freezer, and make faces using candies (or cookie crumbs) for eyes and mouth and marzipan carrots for the nose. Return to freezer until ready to serve.

Remove middle-size scoops from the freezer one at a time; Place licorice candies (or cake crumbs) in a row down the front to create buttons. Remove remaining scoops from freezer, and stack to create snowmen, pressing slightly to adhere. Return snowmen to freezer.

Place the piece of chocolate cookie (or square of chocolate cake) on the chocolate wafer, and dust with sifted confectioners' sugar. Place the hat on the snowmen just before serving.

Source: http://www.marthastewart.com/354162/coconut-snowmen?backto=true

 

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Snowman Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes (stiff)
Small and large olives
Roasted red pepper (from jar)
noodles/spaghetti
Carrot

1. Form mashed potatoes into the balls for the snowman’s body using your hands. Stack the snowman balls on the plate you are going to serve him on.
2. Slice a large olive round for the base of his hat and set it on the snowman’s head. Slice off the ends of a small olive for his hat and set it on the base.
3. Cut some large olives in half lengthwise. Use a straw to punch out the eyes and buttons. (Tip: after you insert the straw into the olive, blow into it to get the olive circles out.) Apply the eyes and buttons to the snowman.
4. Cut a carrot into a traingle for his nose and stick it into his head.
5. Cut a long roasted red pepper strip into a scarf for the snowman. Pat the pepper dry so it has less chance of staining the mashed potatoes red. Wrap the scarf around the snowman’s neck.
6. Insert noodles/or spaghetti into the snowman for his arms and serve!

Source: http://www.jeannebenedict.com/recipes/snowman-mashed-potatoes/


^^ His cousin came a visit:

(An another idea how to decorate your snowman.)

 

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Egg Snowmen

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

6 large hard-boiled eggs
6 small hard-boiled eggs
Peppercorns
1 carrot
1 skewer / stick for BBQ
uncooked pasta
parsley

Directions:

Peel off the egg shell. Peel the carrot and cut off the ends. Slice the carrot so that you have 6 round slices from each end that are approximately ½ cm thick.

Cut off the top and bottom of the eggs.
Stick the BBQ skewer through the eggs to make a hole and remove it. Do the same with the two round slices of carrots.

Stick the pasta into the two eggs and the carrot slices.
Snap off the extra pasta that is sticking out of the carrot.
Stick the tip of the skewer in the eggs to make small holes for the eyes, nose and buttons. Place a peppercorn in each hole and a small piece of carrot for the nose. Lastly, stick a parsley sprig on the side for the broom.

Source: http://www.roxyskitchen.com/egg-snowman.html

 

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Snowman Oreo Truffle Pops

Ingredients

1 package Oreos
8 oz cream cheese, softened
White almond chocolate bark, for melting/dipping

Directions

Line a baking sheet with wax paper or a Silpat.

Crush Oreos in a food processor until the cookies become fine crumbs. You could also add cookies to a bag & crush with a rolling pin.

Add cream cheese & stir until well combined.

Roll into 1" diameter balls & transfer to prepared baking sheet.

Gently push in lollipop sticks, if using.

Freeze for at least 30 min.

Melt white chocolate in a double boiler or the microwave.

Dip the frozen Oreo balls in melted chocolate. Drain off excess & transfer to a 2nd baking sheet lined with wax paper or Silpat.

Chill for 30 min. in the refrigerator & decorate like you desire (by black and orange icing, candies, cookie crumbs...).


Source: http://www.dailydeliciousness.com/2009/12/snowman-oreo-truffle-pops.html

Tip: Use them for decorating cakes or place them to the top of cookies or cupcakes.

 

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Easy Donut Snowmen

You need:

miniature sugar donuts
powdered sugar
slices of orange
Black Confetti Sprinkles/cookies crumbs (like Oreo), any dark-colored candies

Sprinkle powdered sugar to donuts (to make them white). Add orange slice as nose and confetti sprinkles as eyes and mouth.

 

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Decoration idea for cupcakes:

These look too cute and happy to eat them...

 

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Cheese Snowman

2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese
3/4 cup crumbled blue, Gorgonzola or feta cheese (4 oz)
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
1 small onion, finely chopped (1/4 cup)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Optional: Rosemary for the snowman hat
Optional: Licorice for the scarf
Optional: Candies for the eyes, nose and mouth

Assorted crackers, if desired

Directions:

Place cheeses in medium bowl; let stand at room temperature about 30 minutes or until softened. Beat onion and
Worcestershire sauce into cheeses with electric mixer on low speed until mixed. Beat on medium speed 1 to 2 minutes, scraping bowl frequently, until fluffy. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours until firm enough to shape into a ball.

Shape cheese mixture into 1 large ball and 1 smaller ball. Decorate the face and scarf. Place on serving plate. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm. Serve with crackers.

Source: http://www.moneysavingamanda.com/snowman-cheeseball-recipe/

 

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Snowman Snowflake/Star Cookies

5 eggs
1½ cups salted butter melted and cooled (10 minutes)
5-6 cups flour
1 ¾ sugar
2 tsp baking powder
3 tsp vanilla

Instructions

In large bowl stir together flour, sugar and baking powder, make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the egg mixture then vanilla. Mix, until shiny. About 2 minutes. Cover bowl with waxed paper and let the dough stand at room temperature for 20 minutes. When rolling out this dough, don’t be afraid to add flour. It will not make the dough tough.

Heat oven to 350 degrees F/175 C, roll out dough to ⅜" thick with flour and cut with cookie cutter.

Bake 12 minutes

Makes at least 5 dozen (3 inch) cookies.

Let cookies completely cool before icing.


Notes

Icing Recipe
2 cups confectioners’ (powdered) sugar
4 Tablespoons water (or milk)
1 Tablespoon corn syrup

In small bowl mix together until smooth add more milk/water if too thick or confectioners’ sugar if too thin.

Add food coloring (if use any) and mix well.

When you pull up some icing on a spatula and drizzle it back into the bowl, the design should disappear in 10 seconds for the correct consistency.

Outline the cookie with a #2 tip and use a #3 tip to fill in the design.

Let icing set on decorated cookies before storing, this takes about 12 hours.

The cookies won’t go stale, the icing is covering the tops preserving the freshness.

Decorate cookies like in the picture above.

Source: http://www.createdby-diane.com/2010/12/snowman-snowflakes.html

 

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Melted Snowmen:

http://turntoislam.com/community/threads/funny-baking-with-or-without-kids.95491/

Post 9.

 

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Pizza Snowman

Serves about 8

Ingredients:

For the crust:

1 package active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/43 C)
2-1/2 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt

For the topping:

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 pizza sauce/tomato sauce
Black olives
1 small carrot sliver
Arugula for the scarf or some green herb leaves or lettuce

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F/190 C. Lightly grease a pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, yeast and water. Let sit for about 10 minutes, or until foamy. Add in the flour, oil and salt and mix until a soft dough forms.

Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead until soft and elastic, about 8 minutes. Cut off 1/3 of the dough and set aside.

Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out the larger part of the dough into a medium-size circle. Place on the greased pizza pan. Roll out the smaller piece of dough into a smaller circle. Place on top of the medium circle, slightly overlapping the medium piece.

Cover the medium and small circles with tomato sauce, leaving about 1/2 inch border of dough. Cover the sauce liberally with cheese. Using the olives, make two eyes, a mouth and buttons. Place the carrot sliver above the mouth for the nose.

Bake the pizza for about 15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Using the arugula, make a scarf around the bottom of the head.

Source: http://chefmom.sheknows.com/articles/971497/easy-snowman-pizza-recipe

 

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Snowman Cookies

This photo is the snowmen cookie with bodies, which is a fun option. Simply put two balls of dough together, press your thumbprint in the center of each, and bake. I made half of the cookies this way, and half with heads only. It’s up to you.



Fill each center with the icing, let it dry and then comes the fun part, simple decorations to turn them into snowmen.

They are decorated with royal icing for the nose, buttons and carrot nose.

Double thumbprint cookies made into adorable snowmen - because two cookies are always better than one.

Ingredients:

Cookies:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
Icing (to fill cookies)

Icing:

1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla (optional)
Gel paste food coloring (black, orange) for decoration (you can also use cookies crumbs and slice of carrot)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 F/190 C. In a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat until mixture is combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.

Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour.

Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. For each full snowman cookie, on an ungreased or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, place 2 dough balls side by side with one side touching. Press thumbs into each ball to form an indentation in each. Repeat with remaining dough balls, leaving about 2 inches between cookies. For heads only, use one dough ball.

Bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven and transfer cookies to a wire rack. Let cookies cool. Fill each indentation with the icing (I used decorating bags and #2 or #3 tip. Let icing dry for several hours.

Tint some of the royal icing black, and some orange. Using a small decorating (#1) tip and black icing, apply buttons and eyes. With the orange, add a carrot nose.

Let cookies dry completely, ENJOY!

Notes:

To Store: Place filled cookies in a single layer in covered storage containers and store at room temperature up to 3 days or freeze up to 3 months.

Source: http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/2013/12/thumbprint-snowman-cookies.html

 

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Peppermint Snowmen

1 egg white
300 g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
2-3 drops peppermint essence
40 silver balls or candies
orange food colouring

Tips and suggestions
If you don't have any food colouring you can make noses from sweets or extra silver balls or other candies instead.


Put the egg white and peppermint essence in a large bowl and gradually sift in the icing sugar, stirring as you go along.

Once it becomes too stiff to stir, turn the mix out onto a work surface dusted with icing sugar and knead into a pliable mass. If the mix is still sticky add a little more icing sugar.

Pinch off a pound coin sized piece of the dough and leave to one side. Pinch off a third of the remaining mix and shape this into 20 balls - these are your heads. Shape the final piece into 20 balls for the bodies and pop the heads on top of them.

Press 2 silver balls into the heads to make eyes and 2 into the bodies to make buttons. Then, using the end of a tooth pick or wooden skewer make a little hole below the eyes to press the noses into.

For the noses: with the pound coin sized piece of dough you have left, make a well in the centre and add a little bit of orange food colouring to it. Knead until the colour becomes even. If using liquid food colouring, the mix may become a little wet, so add a little extra icing sugar if necessary.

Shape the mix into 20 carrot noses and then push these into the holes in the snowmen's faces. Leave the snowen to dry out for at least 30 minutes before eating.

Source: http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/641084

 

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Halal Marshmallow Snowmen in the Hot Chocolate Bath

Make your hot chocolate as you normally would, throw some whipped cream on top, throw in a candy cane (they dissolve in the hot chocolate and make it taste minty, yum!) and toss some food marker decorated marshmallows on top.

Halal Marshmallows

400 g (14 oz) sugar
200 g (7 oz) golden syrup or light corn syrup
50 g (2 oz) icing (confectioners) sugar
50 g (2 oz) cornflour (cornstarch)
2 tbsp gelatine (halal) or agar agar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp flavouring
½ tsp food colouring
Vegetable oil

Place the cornstarch and icing sugar in a bowl and mix well.

Place 120 ml (4 fl oz) of cold water in the bowl of a food mixer. Sprinkle on the gelatine and allow it to “bloom” for 10-15 minutes.

Add 60 ml (2 fl oz) of water to a pan and pour in the sugar and the corn syrup. Bring to the boil.

Continue to boil gently. When the temperature of the sugar reaches 120°C (250°F) remove it from the heat.

Turn on the food mixer to a low speed. Slowly pour the sugar mixture into the water/gelatine mixture.

Once all the sugar has been added, add the salt and whisk at high speed for about 10 minutes. The mixture should turn pale and may even start to climb up the mixing blades!

Stop the mixer. Add in your chosen flavouring and food colouring and restart the mixer. Stop when the mixture is homogenous.

Lightly oil a flat-bottomed dish and line with baking paper. Lightly oil the baking paper and dust with the icing sugar/cornstarch mixture. Pour in the marshmallow mixture and leave to set for a few hours.

Lift the marshmallow out of the dish and place upside-down on a surface dusted with the icing sugar/cornstarch mixture.

Peel off the baking paper.

Lightly oil a knife or, better yet, a pizza cutter and cut the marshmallow into squares.

Dredge each square in the icing sugar/cornstarch mixture and knock off any excess. Store in an airtight container.

Tips

If you are using an alternative to gelatine please read and follow the general instructions for use on the packet. You may need to predissolve the substance.

There are all sorts of things you can use to flavour marshmallow:

– Peppermint oil
– Vanilla essence
– Rose water
– Orange water

 

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Meringue Snowmen

This recipe yields between 12-16 meringues.

Ingredients

120g egg whites
200g sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon juice
Icing pens to decorate

Recipe

Preheat the oven to 105 C and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Whip the egg whites at a low speed until they just begin to foam up. Add the lemon juice and carry on beating until soft peaks form.

Increase the speed and add the vanilla. Carry on whipping for about 30 seconds or so. Add the sugar a tablespoon at a time, blending constantly.

When you have stiff peaks, scoop the mixture into a piping bag and pipe snowmen shaped mounds onto a baking tray.

Bake for around 90 minutes, or until the meringues are solid and you hear a hollow noise when you tap the bottom. Leave to rest on a while rack until cool. Draw snowman faces on with icing pens when meringues are fully cooled.

Source: http://pinkrecipebox.com/meringue-snowmen/

Meringue Snowman











To make the snowman, pipe your meringue onto parchment paper into the shape of a snowman. Next get a small bowl of water and wet your finger. You only want your finger to be damp, not dripping. Now lightly smooth out any ridges on your snowman. (The water helps you finger not stick to the meringue.)

After you are done smoothing out your snowman you can add some chocolate chips or sprinkles for his eyes and buttons.

Now it is time to bake them. I baked mine at 225 degrees F/105 C for 1 hour.

After the snow man cooled I add and orange icing with a tooth pick for the nose and the scarf is made out of a fruit roll up.

This was my first time making meringue snowmen and as you can see some of my snowman are cuter than others. For most of my snowman, I used melted chocolate chips to make the eyes, mouth and buttons. While they still turned out pretty cute, the chocolate doesn't want to dry and I keep accidentally smearing the chocolate. Next time I will put chocolate chips or sprinkles on them before I bake them or I will use black royal icing on them after they are baked.

Source: http://flowersandflour.blogspot.fi/2009/12/meringue-snowman.html


Snow Man Meringue Recipe

1/2 cup egg whites (4-6 egg whites)
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup fine white sugar*
Orange and Brown Food Coloring
Wood Skewer
Pastry Bag w/ 2 round tips -- one large and one small.

Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with baking paper or aluminum foil. Whip egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar, salt, and vanilla. Continue whipping until the whites hold soft peaks. Gradually sprinkle in the sugar and continue whipping until the mixture holds stiff shiny peaks. Continue to whip for 6 minutes.

Whip the meringue until it is white, stiff and light.

Place a round tip into a pastry bag, and fill the bag half way with the meringue. Reserve about 1/2 C meringue and tint orange for the noses. Set this aside, while piping the bodies of the snowmen. To make the snowmen, work perpendicularly to the baking sheet and squeeze the lowest snowball, then, pull back to almost break the meringue and start the second snowball on top of the lower layer and continue in the fashion to create the top head. Pull the bag off to the side to avoid making peaks on the top. If you have peaks on top, immediately smooth this down by smoothing a knife (or finger) dipped in water. Once all snowmen have been piped, place the smallest round tip on your pastry bag, fill with the orange meringue and create the carrot noses. Now, dip the end of the wood skewer into the dark brown food coloring and stamp the eyes and buttons.

Bake for 90-120 minutes or until the snowmen are dry enough to easily remove from the cookie sheets. Set aside to cool completely.

Store at room temperature in a dry place or tin.

*These can be made with regular sugar but, if you can use super fine sugar, they are exceptionally silky and smooth.

Source: http://www.willowday.com/2014/01/meringue-snowmen-recipe.html