Prep: 20 mins + Chilling | Bake: 20 mins / Batch + Cooling | Makes: 4 dozen

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened

2 cups sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp almond extract

1/4 tsp coconut extract

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

Miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips, and green and red M&M’s minis

Frosting

1 cup confectioner’s sugar

1/8 tsp coconut extract

2-4 tsp 2% milk

Red and / or green food coloring

Miniature milk chocolate kisses

Instructions:

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 325°F. Shape dough into 48 1″ balls, 48 3/4″ balls and 48 1/2″ balls. On un-greased baking sheet, place one ball of each size side by side for each snowman.
  3. Bake 18-20 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven; cool on pans 2 minutes. Press on chocolate chips for eyes and M&M’s for buttons. Carefully remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  4. For frosting, in a small bowl, beat confectioner’s sugar, extract and enough milk to reach a piping consistency. Tint with food coloring.
  5. Cut a small hole in a corner of a food-safe plastic bag; fill with frosting. Pipe scarves on snowmen. use frosting to attach chocolate kisses for hats.