✨ Introduction
These Santa Face Cookies 🎅🍪 are shaped and decorated to look like jolly Santa Claus faces—complete with red hats, white beards, and candy eyes. Perfect for ftour, gifting, or festive dessert trays 🌙.
🧂 Ingredients
🔸 Cookie Dough
- 🧈 1 cup butter (softened)
- 🍬 1 cup sugar
- 🥚 1 egg
- 🌿 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 🌾 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 🧂 ½ tsp baking powder
- 🧂 Pinch of salt
🔸 Decorations
- 🍥 Royal icing or white glaze (for beard and hat trim)
- 🔴 Red sugar crystals (for hat)
- 👀 Candy eyes
- 🍬 Small red candies (nose)
- ✨ Pink edible dust or sprinkles (cheeks)
👩🍳 Instructions
- 🔥 Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Line baking tray with parchment paper.
- 🥣 Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, mix well.
- 🌾 In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to wet mixture.
- ❄️ Chill dough for 30 minutes. Roll out and cut into round or Santa-face shapes.
- ⏳ Bake for 8–10 minutes until edges are set. Let cool completely.
- 🎨 Decorate with white icing for beard and hat trim. Sprinkle red sugar on hat area.
- 👃 Add candy eyes, red nose, and pink cheeks. Let icing set before serving or packaging.
🔄 Methods
- 🍫 Use chocolate dough for darker skin tone.
- 🍊 Add orange zest to dough for citrus twist.
- 🎉 Personalize with names or messages using fine piping.
- 🧁 Use marshmallow bits for beard texture.
📚 History
Inspired by holiday cookie traditions 🇺🇸 and Moroccan 🇲🇦 love for festive sweets—creative, joyful, and seasonal 🌍.
💪 Benefits
- 🥚 Protein from eggs
- 🧈 Energy from butter and sugar
- 🎅 Joy from playful presentation
🎨 Formation
Serve on red plates with holiday lights and greenery 🍽️. Ideal for ftour, gifting, or festive buffets 🌙.
✅ Conclusion
Santa Face Cookies are sweet, festive, and fun—a tray of edible holiday cheer 🎅🍪✨.
❤️ Lovers
- 👨👩👧👦 Families
- 🍪 Cookie fans
- 🎉 Holiday bakers
- 📸 Instagram foodies
- 🤲 Muslims in Maghrib