Living in Arizona we rarely see snow.  This was quite a change for me when I moved here.  Growing up in Minnesota, snow was a winter staple.  A few of my favorite things to do in the snow were building snow forts, and sledding down the Johnson High School hill with the neighbor kids.  It's funny how as a kid you can't wait for it to snow, and as an adult you never want it to snow.  

I like making snowflake cookies because they can be very elaborate or really simple.  These snowflake cookies were pretty simple.  I used one of the smaller snowflake cutter from this set, but this design can be used on any snowflake cookie cutter.  I started out by piping and flooding the cookie with royal blue icing.  I allowed it to dry overnight.  The next day with piping icing I piped on the snowflake.  I just made straight lines going from point to point.  Then I connected all the lines in a star shape.  While the icing was still wet, I covered it with white sanding sugar.