‘Tis the season for baking! I love spending time in the kitchen during the holiday season. It’s the perfect way to warm the house and get into the holiday spirit. These Disney Christmas sugar cookies are an adorable Mickey Nutcracker shape.
They’re not hard to make because you print out a Mickey nutcracker head template to help out. Then you just have to carefully trace with a knife and cut. You can get creative with your icing colors and vary it from my version. Let the kids help out with the decorating as well.
Store them in an airtight container throughout the holiday season. Pro tip: place a piece of fresh bread in your cookie container to keep the cookies fresh longer. The moisture from the bread helps them last longer! My Grandmother taught me that. It’s great when you’re making a ton of Christmas cookies.
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Disney Christmas Sugar Cookies: Mickey Nutcracker
For The Cookie Dough
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and egg and mix until combined and creamy.
Using a large bowl, combined the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter. Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed. Using your hands continue to mix until fully combined.
Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the cookie dough a couple of times. Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut out 12 mickey heads and place onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
Repeat steps until completely out of dough. Let cookies cool completely.
For The Royal Icing
Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form. Split icing into 5 bowls:
- Add in a few drops of red into the first bowl
- Add in a few drops of blue into the second bowl
- Add in a few drops of golden yellow into the third bowl
- Add in a several drops of black into the forth bowl
- Leave the fifth bowl white
- Mix until the colors are blended and the shades you want
Scoop about 1/4 C of each icing colors into a piping bag. Mix in 2 tsp of water into the Red, Blue, Black and Yellow icing colors. Pour icings into the squeeze bottles.
To Decorate
Mix until the colors are blended and the shades you want. Scoop about 1/4 C of each icing colors into a piping bag.
Mix in 2 tsp of water into the Red, Blue, Black and Yellow icing colors. Pour icings into the squeeze bottles.
Using the marker, draw out the details of the cookie. Using the black piping bag and thinned icing, outline and fill in the ears. Allow to dry for an hour.
Using the red icing, outline and fill in the red detail of the hat and lower part of the cookie. Allow to dry for an hour.
Using the Yellow icing, outline and fill in the yellow detail of the hat. Allow to dry for an hour.
Using the blue icing, outline and fill in the belt of the nutcracker.
Using the yellow piping bag, pipe the details of buttons and buckle on the pants and hat. Using the white icing bag, pipe a mustache onto front and center of the cookie. Allow to dry for an a few hours before enjoying!
Disney Christmas Sugar Cookies: Mickey Nutcracker Cookies
Inspired by Disney's The Nutcracker movie, these Christmas Nutcracker Sugar cookies have an adorable mickey shape.
Ingredients
- 1 C of unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 1/2 C Powder sugar
- 1tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 3 C of flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tarter
- Cookie Cutter: mickey mouse nutcracker (Google and Print: image of mickey mouse nutcracker head template)
Icing ingredients:
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 tsp cream of tarter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 4 1/2 C powder sugar
- Black, Red, Blue, Golden yellow gel food coloring
To Decorate:
- 5 piping bag fitted with a number 2 tip
- 4 squeeze bottles
- 1 black edible marker
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and egg and mix until combined and creamy.
- Using a large bowl, combined the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter.
- Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed. Using your hands continue to mix until fully combined.
- Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the cookie dough a couple of times. Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut out 12 mickey heads and place onto a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Repeat steps until completely out of dough. Let cookies cool completely.
- Royal Icing Directions:
- Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form.
- Split icing into 5 bowls, Add in a few drops of red into the first bowl.
- Add in a few drops of blue into the second bowl. Add in a few drops of golden yellow into the third bowl. Add in a several drops of black into the forth bowl. Leave the fifth bowl white.
- Mix until the colors are blended and the shades you want. Scoop about 1/4 C of each icing colors into a piping bag.
- Mix in 2 tsp of water into the Red, Blue, Black and Yellow icing colors. Pour icings into the squeeze bottles.
- Using the marker, draw out the details of the cookie.
- Using the black piping bag and thinned icing, outline and fill in the ears. Allow to dry for an hour.
- Using the red icing, outline and fill in the red detail of the hat and lower part of the cookie. Allow to dry for an hour.
- Using the Yellow icing, outline and fill in the yellow detail of the hat.
- Allow to dry for an hour. Using the blue icing, outline and fill in the belt of the nutcracker.
- Using the yellow piping bag, pipe the details of buttons and buckle on the pants and hat.
- Using the white icing bag, pipe a mustache onto front and center of the cookie. Allow to dry for an a few hours before enjoying!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 664Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 260mgCarbohydrates: 126gFiber: 1gSugar: 101gProtein: 5g
**Nutrition is calculated by a third party. Actual values may vary.