Yield: 6 - 8 Servings
Snowman Buttercream Board
A sweet spin on the viral butter board trend, this Snowman Buttercream Board is as scrumptious as it is festive! Sweet vanilla buttercream is piped into a snowman shape, and served with cookies for dipping.
Ingredients
- 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup heavy cream, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Red, black, and orange gel food coloring
- Assorted cookies
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Instructions
- To make the buttercream icing: Use a large mixing bowl and a hand mixer on low speed, beat butter, heavy cream, vanilla extract, and ¼ teaspoon kosher salt.
- Once combined, add powdered sugar. Once the mixer combines the ingredients, increase the speed to high and continue to mix until light and fluffy. (You may need to add an additional 1 teaspoon of heavy cream until you achieve your desired fluffiness. If the icing is too thin, gradually add 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar until you have reached your desired thickness.)
- Divide the icing, reserving ½ cup for black, ¼ cup for red, and 1 teaspoon for orange. The remainder will be white for the snowman—Color the icing appropriately. Fill piping bags and grab your charcuterie board or tray of choice.
- Next, take the white icing and design your snowman in the middle of the board. Pipe the black icing to make the eyes, nose, hat, and buttons. Finish by using the red to create a festive scarf for your snowman.
- Finally, add assorted cookies of your choice and dip them into this yummy buttercream board!
Notes
- Take care when adding the food coloring for the icing. Adding too much color can make the icing bitter.
- Make sure your charcuterie board is sealed, as the darker food coloring could stain the board.
- Be sure to sift powdered sugar at least once. If your powdered sugar still has lumps after the first sift, feel free to do it twice!
- We choose unsalted butter to manage this recipe's sodium content and salt flavor. Be sure to set out the butter 30 minutes before you intend to use it. You can cut the butter into smaller chunks to speed up the process.
- You may use store-bought buttercream icing to simplify this Snowman buttercream board!
- This recipe is best consumed in its entirety in one sitting. You can make this ahead, store it on the board, with no cookies, with a covering (like foil or saran wrap) in the fridge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1, Calories: 630kcal, Carbohydrates: 80g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 36g, Saturated Fat: 22g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 93mg, Sodium: 77mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 76g