Santa-on-a-Stick Cookies

Try this Christmas cookie recipe made with Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting from BettyCrocker.com.

Prep Time: 1 hour 55 min
Total Time: 2 hours 15 min
Makes: About 14 cookies

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1	cup granulated sugar
1/2	cup butter or margarine, softened
2	tablespoons milk
1/2	teaspoon almond extract
1	egg
2 1/4	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1	teaspoon baking powder
1/4	teaspoon salt
14	craft sticks (flat wooden sticks with round ends)
	Small round candies or chocolate chips
1/2	cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
	Red food color
	Colored sugar, if desired
	Miniature marshmallows
	Flaked coconut, if desired

1.	Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, butter, milk, almond extract and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt until dough forms.
2.	Shape dough by 2 tablespoonfuls into 1 1/2-inch balls. Remove about 1/2-inch piece of dough from each. On ungreased cookie sheets, place larger balls about 3 inches apart. Flatten to 1/2-inch thickness with floured bottom of glass. Insert wooden stick into side of each. Shape small pieces of dough into triangles; press and flatten onto rounds opposite sticks to form hats.
3.	Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Insert candies into cookies for eyes, nose and mouth. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4.	Tint about 1/4 cup frosting with red food color. Frost hats; sprinkle with colored sugar. Add miniature marshmallows to tips of hats. Use additional frosting and candies, granulated sugar and coconut for brims of hats. Use about 1/4 cup white frosting and additional coconut for beards.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.

Nutrition Information:

1 Cookie: Calories 285 (Calories from Fat 100); Total Fat 11g (Saturated Fat 7g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 135mg; Total Carbohydrate 44g (Dietary Fiber 1g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Iron 6% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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