Elf and Friends Gingerbread Cookies

Red Hot Holiday Trends - It’s a little-known fact that gingerbread men and the Elf on the Shelf® are fast friends. Of course, elves are always a little trickier to find. So if yours goes missing, we suggest checking the cookie jar!

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Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min
Servings 24

Ingredients

1: pouch Betty Crocker® gingerbread cookie mix

: Butter, water and egg called for on cookie mix pouch

1/2: container (1-lb size) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla or creamy white frosting

: Few drops red food color

1: bottle (2 oz) Betty Crocker® Decorating Decors red cinnamon candies

2: blue mini confetti sprinkles

: Betty Crocker® black decorating gel (from 0.68-oz tube)

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, water and egg until soft dough forms.
2 On generously floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2-inch gingerbread person cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts 2 inches apart. Using a bit of remaining dough, create elf hat by cutting triangle 1 inch long. Place hat on top of head of 1 gingerbread cookie.
3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4 In small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of the frosting with food color to desired red color. Place remaining frosting into decorating bag fitted with round tip. Pipe white frosting on cookies. Use red frosting, sprinkles and decorating gel to decorating the 1 elf’s hat and face. Decorate all with cinnamon candies.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

You can bake the cookies and store them undercoated tightly covered in the freezer for up to two months.

Where's the elf? Surprise the kids with a playful elf cookie hanging out with his gingerbread friends.

Can't find gingerbread cookie mix? This recipe can also be made with Betty Crocker® molasses cookie mix.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 160
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 3g, 3% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 20mg; 20%;
Sodium: 160mg; 160%;
Total Carbohydrate: 24g; 24%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 15g 15% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 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;