JOLLY SANTAS

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These whimsical cookies will bring a smile to anyone's face! Get kids involved in the fun by letting them add the red-hot candies. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield 15 cookies.

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup refrigerated Holiday Cookie Dough
2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
1-1/4 cups vanilla frosting, divided
Red paste food coloring
30 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
15 red-hot candies

Steps:

  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out cookie dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut out 15 ovals, using a 3-in. egg-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., Sprinkle cookies with confectioners' sugar. In a small bowl, tint 3/4 cup frosting with food coloring; frost top third of each cookie. , Using a star tip and remaining vanilla frosting, pipe a pom-pom, fur hat brim, eyebrows, eyes, mustache and mouth on each cookie. Press two chocolate chips and a red-hot candy into frosting for pupils and mouth.

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