Easy Peppermint Candy Cookies

Love peppermint candy? Here's a buttery cookie to complete your sweet satisfaction.

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Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 1 hr 10 min
Servings 30

Ingredients

1: pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix

1/2: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: egg

1/4: cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1: container (12 oz) Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting

1: teaspoon peppermint extract

: Betty Crocker® red decorating sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg and flour until dough forms. Roll dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with bottom of glass.
2 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
3 In small bowl, mix frosting and peppermint extract. Spread each cookie with frosting. Using small spoon, sprinkle red sugar onto cookies in spiral design to look like peppermint candies.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Spoon sugar into a resealable plastic bag; snip off a corner and squeeze to sprinkle over frosted cookies.

Use green sugar for the red, if you'd like.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 160
Calories from Fat: 70),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 8g; 8%
(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, 2 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 75mg; 75%;
Total Carbohydrate: 21g; 21%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 14g 14% ),
Protein: 0g; 0%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;