Prep. Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 60 minutes
Servings: 24
Ingredients:
• 1 roll Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• Additional ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting (from 1-lb container)
• Red food color (liquid or paste)
• Miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits and/or chocolate chips
Method:
- Heat oven to 350˚F (176.7˚C). In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in ¼ cup flour until well blended. Remove half the dough, and refrigerate remaining dough until needed. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons flour onto work surface. With floured rolling pin, roll out dough ¼ inch thick.
- With cookie cutters, cut dough into 2 ½-inch rounds, ovals, stars and half moon shapes (see shapes in photo). On ungreased cookie sheets, place shapes 2 inches apart. Repeat with remaining half of dough and flour.
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
- In small bowl, mix frosting and food color until well blended and desired red color. Decorate each cookie to look like Santa with red frosting and baking bits.
- Paste colors can be found at baking supply stores or at craft stores with the cake decorating supplies. Since paste colours produce an intense deep colour, use a small amount. Store paste colours at room temperature.
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