How to make Santa Minion Cookies
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I love the Minions. From the early moments of the first Despicable Me movies, I was hooked. They are cute, funny and delightfully inappropriate and I love them! Every time a new anything comes out with our favorite yellow pals, we watch. Usually a bunch of times. Despicable Me 3 is no exception. Since the movie’s out for purchase in stores now, and it’s holiday time, we thought we’d make some holiday themed Minions cookies to enjoy!
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Illumination, the studio that brought you Sing, The Secret Life of Pets and the Despicable Me franchise, continues the adventures of Gru and his family in Despicable Me 3. After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down Balthazar Bratt, the latest evil mastermind to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother — a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin’s despicable footsteps — the former super-villain rediscovers just how good it feels to be bad.
Starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Nev Scharrel, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate and Julie Andrews.
How to make Santa Minion Cookies
Makes: about 24
Ingredients
3/4 Cup softened salted butter
3/4 Cup sugar
1 teaspoons almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoons heavy cream
1 Egg
2 1/4 cups + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
Knife
2 bags Yellow candy melts
Black gel icing
Red and white fondant (Satin Ice brand is by far the best tasting fondant I’ve tried- you can find it in all sizes- but you have to plan ahead and order online, which I did not have time to do for this post!)
Large candy eyes
Cooking rack
Round Scalloped Cookie Cutter
Parchment paper
Directions-
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet of parchment paper or a non stick silicone baking mat.
Beat your butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
Then add in your almond and vanilla extract and egg then mix them together
Now mix in your 2 1/4 cups flour and heavy cream until you have a thick cookie dough.
Knead the dough in your hands until it starts sticking together (you can mix in your 2 tablespoons of flour if your dough is too sticky). Lay down a piece of parchment paper then flour a rolling pin and roll your dough.
Use a round scalloped cookie cutter to cut out your scalloped circle shapes and place on your lined baking pan and cook for 10 minutes.
Let your cookies cool on a wire cooling rack
Melt 2 cups of your yellow candy melts in a microwave safe dish for 3 to 4 minutes on 50% power, stirring every 30 seconds until melted
Dunk your cookies into your melted yellow chocolate and place back on your wire cooling rack to let any excess chocolate drip off.
Place one or two eyes onto the top center of each cookie and place your cookies in the fridge for about 10 minutes until the chocolate is hardened.
Roll out your white and red fondant in between two separate pieces of parchment paper.
Use a knife to cut out triangles the same width as the top of your cookie and fold the top of each triangle to the left or right and stick onto the top of each cookie.
Roll the white fondant into small balls in place on the peak of each Santa hat and small fluffy white rectangles to place on the bottom of the Santa hats.
Use your black gel icing to draw a smile under the eyes and to connect the eyes with a straight horizontal line.
Now, plate those cookies and pop your new Despicable Me 3 Special Edition with an All-New Mini Movie, Minion Moments and more into the blu-ray player, it’s MOVIE NIGHT!
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ellen beck says
Ha! I made these and my Santa hats didn’t quite come out as nice as yours did. In fact it looked a mess. I also made hats green to look like elves. The cookies taste good through!
Kesha says
These minion cookies are too cute. Thank you for a fun recipe. My grandson would love these.
John Smith says
What beautifully done little minions! I love those critters!
Anita Jude says
oh wow these sounds wonderful and so adorable
Hesper Fry says
These are super cute! My 2 daughters would love these cookies. Thanks so much for sharing!
Sarah L says
My nephew loves the minions so I know he’d love these cookies.
Lisa says
These are so cute. I am going to try and make these. I am not creative so I will probably fail lol.
Anosa says
Wow, this is so nice! I’d love to make this too over the holidays! I super love the Christmas design and of course the minion! My cousins will surely love this.
DJ says
These are super cute! My kids would enjoy making these too.
Chubskulit Rose says
How cute those cookies are! I bet “Santa” would love to find that on Christmas eve with a glass of milk! I know I would.
Sandy N Vyjay says
These Minion cookies really look awesome. I love how nicely they have been made with finesse with attention to minute details. Hope to replicate your recipe and see if they come out as good.
Amy h says
One of my best friends love Minions. I have been looking for a gift for her. We typically do homemade gifts. This is perfect!
Debra Hawkins says
Oh my word. My kids would absolutely adore these! In fact, I just made one of them a minion birthday cake!
Serena Hale says
Would like to be as crafty as you one day. These are some yummo looking cookies. Minions are the cutest.
Mary Edwards says
Girly I wish I was half as crafty as you. These look amazing. I know my kids will love them. Or maybe I will hide them all for ME
Our Family World says
My nephew has a best friend who always tags along with him every where. He is just like a nephew to me already, as often as I see him! I think he’d love to get a box of these minion santa cookies. Let me see if they turn out as cute as yours. If they do, my nephew and his friend would have a yummy snack to share with each other.
Amanda says
My son just ran over to me demanding that we make these adorable minion cookies this weekend. Will keep you updated on how they turn out…they are adorable!
Pam says
Oh my gosh, these are so cute. I love Despicable Me and the Minions so I am absolutely in love with these cookies.
Alli Smith says
These are adorable! I’ve never seen Santa Minions before and I love them. I’d love to take a bite out of one.
Cynthia R says
SUper cute! Looks just like them. Is there a way to make the minion’s eyes bigger?
Jeanette says
OH my gosh these are SO cute! My kiddo is in love with minions right now so this is a perfect project cookie to make!
Franc Ramon says
Santa and Minions looks really so cute. Kids would really love this and it does make good Christmas themed pastries.
Jenn @ EngineerMommy says
These are such fun, festive cookies. I know a few kids who would LOVE these cookies. I will have a lot of kids at our house on Christmas. I should totally make a batch of these!
Liz Mays says
I’m loving these little minions! Their faces and hats turned out so well and I bet they’re delicious!
Joely Smith says
These are so cute! You did such a great job! My daughter loves to bake and is good at it ( I am not ) she also loves Minions ! We will try this!
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh says
So cute! My daughter loves the Minion movies. These sound so simple to make…even down to the crazy fondant. I’m not a fan of any fondant, but to make these look cute…totally!
Candy says
Those are fun looking cookies. The grandkids would be surprised and thrilled if I made these for them.
Amber Myers says
These are too cute! My daughter will get a kick out of them. We might have to make them this weekend.
Dana Rodriguez says
Those are so cute and easy to make.This is so creative and I am sure kids would love them!
Julie Wood says
These cookies are just adorable and my kids would want to make these for the Holiday season! Yours sure turned out great.
ellen beck says
I like how fun these look. I also love how colorful they would be. These would be great for Christmas but also for a movie night too before Christmas. Neat little idea.