Jolly Santa Cookies

These cookies will be the highlight of your holiday cookie tray or the perfect gift for the Santa collector on your list!

Prep Time

1:10

Hr:Mins

Total Time

1:50

Hr:Mins

Makes

1/2

cup butter or margarine, softened

cup granulated sugar

teaspoon grated lemon peel

egg

tablespoons milk

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

teaspoon baking powder

1/2

teaspoon baking soda

1/2

teaspoon salt

cup plus 2 tablespoons Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla ready-to-spread frosting

tablespoons red sugar

miniature marshmallows

currants or semisweet chocolate chips

red cinnamon candies

3/4

cup shredded coconut

Heat oven to 400°F. Beat butter, granulated sugar and lemon peel in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in egg and milk. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press bottom of drinking glass on each until about 1/4 inch and 3 inches in diameter. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Spread frosting on cookie (frost and decorate each cookie before starting another). Sprinkle red sugar over top third of cookie for hat. Press on miniature marshmallow for tassel. Press 2 currants for eyes and 1 cinnamon candy for nose into center third of cookie. Sprinkle coconut over bottom third for beard.

Makes 1 1/2 dozen cookies

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker^® Kitchens

Success

To keep the cookies perfectly round, be sure to drop the dough into mounds 3 inches apart so they won’t bake together.

How-To

To make the edge of the frosting even, place some of the frosting in a heavy plastic food-storage bag. Snip off a corner, and squeeze out frosting to outline each cookie before spreading frosting inside the outline.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cookie)

Calories 270

(Calories from Fat 90 ),

Total Fat 10 g

(Saturated Fat 7 g,),

Cholesterol 25 mg;
Sodium 180 mg;
Total Carbohydrate 3 g

(Dietary Fiber 1 g,

Protein 2 g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Exchanges:

1 Starch;
2 Fruit;
2 Fat;

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

Jolly Santa Cookies

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker® Kitchens

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker^® Kitchens