Coconut Snowflake Sugar Cookies
Coconutty, crunchy, perfectly sweet, and oh so cute! These Coconut Snowflake Sugar Cookies with no-fuss icing are the perfect cookie to bake this Christmas.
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 163kcal
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup salted butter room temperature
- ⅞ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 3 Tablespoons unsweetened coconut milk
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- ⅛ teaspoon baking powder
- 1½ cups unsweetened shredded coconut
Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 4 Tablespoons unsweetened coconut milk
- decorative sugar optional
Instructions
Cookies
- Heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
- Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar.
- Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla.
- Add flour, baking powder, and coconut.
- Stir only to blend.
- Divide dough in half.
- Wrap half in plastic wrap. Set aside.
- Roll other half on a nonstick surface (marble, parchment, silicone) to ⅜ inch thick.
- Use cookie cutters to cut desired sizes of cookies.
- Place on prepared cookie sheets.
- Repeat with remaining dough, gathering and re-rolling scraps as necessary.
- Bake for 12 to 16 minutes (depending on cookie size), or until just starting to color around the edges.
- Cool slightly on cookie sheets before removing to wire cooling racks.
Icing
- Whisk together powdered sugar and milk until smooth.
- Dip or spread on cooled cookies.
- Sprinkle with decorative sugar, if desired.
Notes
- You can substitute any milk for the coconut milk in this recipe.
- Try putting the shredded coconut in the food processor and pulsing a few times before mixing it into your cookie dough to make cutting cookies easier!
- Be careful to not over mix the cookie dough!
- Bake times may vary depending on the thickness you rolled your dough/the size of your cutter. The cookies should be done after about 12-16 minutes of bake time, but be sure to check on them! You can tell the cookies are done once the edges just start to brown.
- Be sure to bake the same sizes of cookies together to ensure even baking.
- Let the cookies cool ENTIRELY before icing them!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 46mg | Potassium: 44mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg