Mickey Christmas Cookies

These Mickey Christmas Cookies are the best for decorating! Get our tutorial to make these cookies for your friends and family. These cookies were featured on our Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas Movie Night but are perfect for any holiday gathering.

Makes 2 dozen cookies

COOKIE INGREDIENTS

1 cup (2 sticks butter), room temperature
1 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon cream or milk
3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder

COOKIE INSTRUCTIONS

Make cookie batter – In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla extract and milk or cream. Cream well. Sift all-purpose flour and baking powder. Add to the creamed mixture. Shape mixture into a flat disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator and chill for 1 hour.

2. Bake cookies – Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove dough from refrigerator, unwrap, and place on a floured surface. Roll to ½ inch thickness and cut out Mickey shapes. Place cookies on a prepared baking sheet 3 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

3. Decorate – After cookies are completely cooled, decorate with your favorite frosting using the tutorials below. Our favorite recipes for buttercream and royal icing are below.

BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
16 oz. confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt
1-2 tablespoons of milk or cream
Green gel icing coloring

Make Buttercream – To prepare frosting, cream butter in a medium bowl using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. When light and fluffy, add confectioners sugar and salt bit by bit until fully combined. Add vanilla and cream or milk until completely combined. If buttercream seems too thick, you may add another tablespoon of milk or cream. If it seems runny, you may add more confectioners sugar. If desired, add food coloring and mix until thoroughly combined.

ROYAL ICING

4 cups confectioner’s sugar
3 tablespoons meringue powder
6-8 tablespoons warm water
Red gel icing coloring

Make Royal Icing – Combine confectioner’s sugar, meringue powder, and 6 tablespoons of warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat on high speed for approximately 2 minutes. When you lift up the whisk attachment, the royal icing should drizzle down. Add more water 1/2 tablespoon at a time to achieve desired consistency. If icing is too thin, add more confectioner’s sugar. If desired, add food coloring and mix until thoroughly combined.

COOKIE DECORATIONS

White Royal Icing (see recipe above)
Red Royal Icing
White nonpareils
White buttercream (see recipe above)
Heart sprinkles
Green buttercream
Round confetti sprinkles in red, green, and white

Minnie Cookies – Add white Royal Icing to a piping bag fitted with a coupler and small round tip. Outline the top half of the cookie with icing. Then fill in the center. Use a toothpick to smooth out. Allow to set until firm. Repeat the process using red Royal Icing on the bottom of the cookie. Dot red area with white nonpareils. When Royal Icing is set, prepare a piping bag with a small star tip and fill with white buttercream. Pipe a star border between the red and white areas and add two heart sprinkles in the center to create a bow.

Wreath Cookies – Add red Royal Icing to a piping bag fitted with a coupler and small piping tip. Outline the entire cookie with icing. Then fill in the center. Use a toothpick to smooth out. Allow to set until firm. When Royal Icing is set, prepare a piping bag with a small star tip and fill with green buttercream. Pipe a wreath over the center of the cookie and add two heart sprinkles at top to create a bow.

Greenery Cookies – Prepare a piping bag with a small star tip and fill with green buttercream. Create mini stars over the surface of the cookie to resemble greenery. Dot with Christmas sprinkles to look like ornaments. Add two heart sprinkles at the top to create a bow.