I have made this since my little brother and I found a recipe without eggs (grosses me out). This can easily be scaled down and adjusted to your tastes (using chocolate, different sauces and add ins). I've always mixed the sugar, vanilla, and milk together and then the snow, which helps get rid of some of the grainy-ness that comes along with adding sugar after. Love to make this with my toddler--and she can help!
The first time I made this, I did it exactly as written. It didn't blow me away so I decided to make some modifications this time. I scaled the recipe down to 40 servings (to only use 1 stick of butter), used 1 2/3 c sugar, 2 eggs and one egg yolk, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1 tsp salt. These cookies were so much better with these slight changes in measurements. With changes, I think this is a 5 star. The cookies are perfect for cutouts, they don't spread like some of the other recipes. I added the full amount of flour, and actually had to slightly dampen my hands to get the dough to come together, but it wasn't sticky at all. I also lowered the cooking temp to 385 for 5 min, because my cookies were browning at 400 for 6 min.
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