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Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookies

These adorable Christmas sweater cookies are so easy to make, with Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix and decorations. The design ideas are endless! Have your kids or friends over to make and decorate these cookies, for a fun and very delicious activity! Use the photo for inspiration, for our easy designs, or feel free to come up with your own ugly sweater designs! With the variety of Betty Crocker™ icings and sprinkles, the possibilities are endless!

Serves 12
Ready in 85 mins
Prep time 75 mins
Cooking time 10 mins
466 calories per serving

Ingredients

> 1 (17.5 oz) pouch Betty Crocker ™ Sugar Cookie Mix
> Flour, butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for cutout cookies
> Betty Crocker ™ Red Gel Food Color, optional
> Betty Crocker ™ Decorating Cookie Icings (assorted colors), optional
> Betty Crocker ™ Black Writing Gel, optional
> Betty Crocker ™ Decorating Sprinkles and Sugars (assorted colors), optional
> Assorted candies for decorating, such as Betty Crocker™ Dessert Decorations Candy Eyeballs, small gumdrops, M&M’s Minis® Milk Chocolate Candies, Reese’s Minis Unwrapped Peanut Butter Cups

Steps

1
Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until soft dough forms. Place one-third of the dough into small bowl. Tint red by stirring in food color.
2
On floured surface, drop by slightly less than tablespoonfuls of doughs in random pattern to make large rectangle. Dough pieces should be just touching together.
3
Push dough toward center on all sides to make 6x5-inch rectangle. Roll dough 1/4-inch thick to create marbled pattern. Cut shapes with floured 3 1/2- to 4-inch sweater shaped cookie cutter. Lightly press back of cookie spatula in flour, and slide under cookie dough; place cutouts 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Press any leftover scraps together, and reroll on floured surface to make more cookies.
4
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
5
Use Decorations as desired, using photo as a guide. Let stand at least 1 hour or until set. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature with waxed paper between layers.

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