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Holiday Surprise Sugar Cookies

Easy cookie mix jump-starts holiday cookie baking. Surprise family and friends with these sweet treasures.

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Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
Total Time 1 hr 45 min
Servings 48

Ingredients

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

1/3: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: egg

2: tablespoons Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

: Red and green food colors

16: thin rectangular crème de menthe candies, cut into thirds

: Assorted Betty Crocker® colored sprinkles, sugars, decors and decorating gels

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg and flour until dough forms. Divide dough into thirds. Tint one-third red and one-third green with food colors; leave one-third plain. Keep dough covered tightly until ready to use.
2 On floured surface, roll each third of dough until 1/8 inch thick. For round cookies, cut with 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter; for square cookies, cut into 1 1/2-inch squares using sharp knife. (Dip cutter or knife in flour for easier cutting.)
3 On ungreased cookie sheet, place half the cookies 1 inch apart. Place 1 candy piece on center of each cookie; top with another cookie. Gently press edges together to seal, using tines of fork. To decorate before baking, sprinkle cookies with colored sprinkles, sugars or decors as desired.
4 Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Decorate with gels as desired.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Instead of the crème de menthe candies, use one of the following in each cookie:

Piece of a milk chocolate candy bar (1.55 ounces), separated into small rectangles, each cut into thirds (larger baking or candy bars will be too thick)

Small round chocolate-covered creamy mint

1/4 teaspoon toffee bits.

Surprise someone special with a box of these holiday cookies.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 70
Calories from Fat: 30),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 3 1/2g; 3 1/2%
(Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, 1 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 35mg; 35%;
Total Carbohydrate: 10g; 10%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 6g 6% ),
Protein: 0g; 0%

% Daily Value*:

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

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 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 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/5/2012 5:38:55 PM REPORT ABUSE loulou44 said:

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very time consuming...i used snickers candy bar...not that good to use...it was ok...

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Posted 6/1/2009 11:54:35 AM REPORT ABUSE Grandma Donna said:

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Very time consuming...a festive holiday cookie but mine didn't look as pretty. They spread out too much and lost their shape somewhat. Dough needs to be chilled...a little messy to put together. Flavor is very good! Don't know if I would make again since I spent so much time on them!

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Posted 3/10/2008 2:36:47 AM REPORT ABUSE

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I made these at x-mas time I made trees,candy canes,stars I broke the Andes candy and around the design of the cookie.Dont put them to close to the edge of the cookie and make sure you seal the edges very good so they don't leak out.people enjoyed them nice mint chocolate inside. They are time consuming if you have little bakers it would be a fun project,use your imganation and go wild.

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