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About this snowflake cookie cutter
Snowflakes are the most delicate-looking Christmas cookie and the easiest to break, so this outline is drawn chunky on purpose. Six straight arms come out of a solid round centre, and each arm carries a V of two side branches. At the default 100 mm the cookie is 100 mm tall and about 92 mm wide; each arm is about 11 mm thick and each side branch about 8 mm.
Those widths are the minimum that survives the trip from the board to the tray in most doughs, which is why the template opens at 100 mm. You can go up to 150 mm for a showpiece snowflake. Going smaller is possible, but below about 80 mm the side branches get thin; raise Smoothing so they come out rounded and keep the dough very cold.
A snowflake cookie also makes a lovely tree decoration or a topper for a white Christmas cake. Because the spaces between the arms are deep, the cutter has a lot of edge – use the default 1.0 mm blade and 15 mm height, and press straight down rather than twisting.
Size guide
The Size setting is the cookie’s longest side. This is how big the snowflake cookie comes out at a few common sizes – the generator shows the exact numbers for any size from 30 to 200 mm.
| Size setting | Cookie (width × height) | Blade | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 mm | 55 × 60 mm | 1.0 mm | Bite-size cookies, cupcake and drink toppers |
| 100 mm | 92 × 100 mm | 1.0 mm | Default – a standard cookie, fits most gift boxes |
| 120 mm | 111 × 120 mm | 1.0 mm | Large gift cookies and centrepieces |
Dough and baking tips
This is the shape where dough choice matters most. Use a firm, low-spread dough – a sugar cookie without baking powder, a shortbread with a little extra flour, or a stiff gingerbread – and chill both the rolled sheet and the cut cookies. Roll to an even 5 mm and slide a thin spatula under the whole snowflake to lift it, never by one arm.
Decorating ideas
- Pipe a white line down the centre of every arm and branch, then add a sugar pearl in the middle.
- Flood in pale blue, let it crust and pipe white details on top; finish with edible glitter or white sanding sugar.
- Skip icing entirely: brush the baked cookie with a thin glaze and dust it with icing sugar for a frosty look.
Printing this cutter
- Material: PLA or PETG, ideally a filament sold as suitable for food contact
- Settings: 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.2 mm layers, 2–3 walls, no supports – the STL is already rim-down
- Blade: 1.0 mm thick and 15 mm tall by default; use 1.2 mm above 120 mm
- Print time: roughly 25–40 minutes at the default size
This template is part of the free Christmas cookie cutters collection – see the collection page for set ideas, sizes and print settings. Want a different shape? The cookie cutter generator turns any image or name into a cutter.
