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Easy Santa Claus Cookies

These sweet Easy Santa Cookies are fun to make with all of your little helpers. Since it uses premade cookie dough you have lots of time for decorating. 

This is a version of Easy Santa Cookies by Pillsbury

“I add peppermint extract to my frosting.”

Easy Santa Claus Cookies

Cecefly Recipe by Cecefly

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Prep Time

1hr 

Total Time

2hrs 

Servings

32cookies

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Ingredients

  • 1  roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
  • 2  cups powdered sugar
  • 2  tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2  to 3 tablespoons milk
  • 2  to 3 drops red food color
  • 68  semisweet chocolate chips (about 1/4 cup)
  • 34  cinnamon candies
  • 2/3  cup coconut
  • 34  miniature marshmallows
  • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

Directions

  1. Freeze cookie dough at least 1 hour.

  2. Heat oven to 350°F. Cut chilled dough into 1/4-inch slices. (Return dough to freezer if it becomes too soft to cut.) On ungreased cookie sheet, place slices 3 inches apart.

  3. Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 5 minutes.

  4. In small bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, peppermint extract and enough milk until smooth and desired spreading consistency. In small bowl, place half of frosting. Add red food color; stir until blended.

  5. Frost 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.

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