Fun with Santa Cookies

You don't need fancy holiday cookie cutters for these cuties. Just cut refrigerated cookie dough into simple shapes and decorate for a w(ho-ho-ho)le lot of fun.

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ingredients 6
Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 60 min

Ingredients

1: roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® Create 'n Bake® refrigerated sugar cookies

1/4: cup all-purpose flour

: Additional 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2: 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

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350ºF. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in 1/4 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 1/4 inch thick.
2 With cookie cutters, cut dough into 2 1/2-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.
3 Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4 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.

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Paste colors can be found at baking supply stores or at craft stores with the cake decorating supplies. Since paste colors produce an intense deep color, use a small amount. Store paste colors at room temperature.