Decorated in 3-D with frostings and coconut whiskers, these santas are edible art!
Easy Santa Cookies
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Ingredients 10
- Servings 34
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 to 3 drops red food color
- 68 semisweet chocolate chips (about 1/4 cup)
- 34 red cinnamon candies
- 2/3 cup coconut
- 34 miniature marshmallows
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in flour until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Reshape into log. If too soft to cut into slices, refrigerate up to 30 minutes.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F. Cut dough into 34 (1/4-inch) slices. On ungreased cookie sheets, place slices 3 inches apart.
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Step3Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 5 minutes.
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Step4In small bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter and enough milk until smooth and spreadable. In small bowl, place half of frosting. Add red food color; stir until blended.
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Step5Frost cooled cookies with red and white frosting. Use small amount of frosting to attach chocolate chips for eyes and cinnamon candy for nose. Gently press coconut into white frosting for beard. Press marshmallow into red frosting for tassel on cap. Let stand until frosting is set. Store between sheets of waxed paper in tightly covered container.
Nutrition
120
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
19g
Total Carbohydrate
14g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 120
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 19g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 14g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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