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Little Peeper Cookies

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  • Prep 1 hr 30 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Servings 24
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Just 4 ingredients and a few candies create deliciously cute chick cookies.
Updated Feb 23, 2010
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Ingredients

  • 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • Betty Crocker™ yellow gel food color
  • 36 semisweet chocolate chips, cut in half
  • Yellow candy-coated licorice
  • Orange candy slices

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 375° F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until dough forms. On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
  • 2
    Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  • 3
    Stir frosting and 2 to 3 drops food color until well blended. Frost and decorate 1 cookie at a time. After spreading frosting on cookie, add chocolate chip halves for eyes, yellow candy-coated licorice for feathers and pieces of orange candy slices for beak and feet.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Look for gel food coloring in baking supply stores and larger grocery stores. Regular liquid food colors will thin the frosting too much.

Nutrition

180 Calories, 8g Total Fat, 1g Protein, 25g Total Carbohydrate, 17g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Frosted Cookie (Undecorated)
Calories
180
Calories from Fat
70
Total Fat
8g
12%
Saturated Fat
4 1/2g
23%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
6%
Sodium
110mg
4%
Potassium
10mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
25g
8%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
17g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
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;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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