Ingredients
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1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker ™ Sugar Cookie Mix
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1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
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1 egg
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1 tbsp flour
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3/4 cup Betty Crocker ™ whipped fluffy white frosting (from 12 oz. container)
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1/3 cup Betty Crocker ™ red sprinkles or red sugar
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40 Kraft ™ miniature marshmallows
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120 M&M's ™ Chocolate Candies (red and green colored suggested)
Steps
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Heat oven to 350°F. Make cookie dough as directed on pouch for cutout cookies.
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On work surface sprinkled lightly with flour, roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Use 2-inch round cutter to cut out 40 cookies, rerolling dough as necessary. Place cookies on large ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until golden brown around edges. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
3
Frost top one-third of each cookie with frosting for hat. Sprinkle frosting with red sprinkles, leaving small border at bottom to look like hat brim. Place marshmallow on side of each hat.
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To add faces to these cute cookies, pipe frosting for beard. Add an M&M red chocolate candy for the nose and 2 green M&M chocolate candies for the eyes.
Tips
Supply the baked cookies and the decorations, and let the kids do the decorating!
Comments
Recipe provided by General Mills.