Santa Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies beg to be decorated. Gather family and friends and make sweet Santas.

Prep Time: 1 hour 20 min
Total Time: 3 hours 20 min
Makes: About 6 dozen cookies

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1	cup butter or margarine, softened
1	package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
3/4	cup sugar
1	teaspoon vanilla
1	egg
3	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/8	teaspoon salt
1	pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker® Cookie Icing red icing
	Decorator red sugar crystals
1	pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker® Cookie Icing white icing
1	pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker® Cookie Icing blue icing
	Red gum drops
	Decorator cinnamon candies

Serve with...

Tortellini Soup
Total Time: 1 hour 0 min

1.	In large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Stir in flour and salt until blended. Cover and refrigerate dough at least 2 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
2.	Heat oven to 375°F. On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll 1/4 of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut dough with Santa cookie cutter; place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3.	Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely. Frost cookies with red icing; sprinkle with red sugar crystals. Decorate as desired using white and blue icing. Add gum drop for belt buckle and cinnamon candy for nose.

Storage

To freeze cookies, place unfrosted cookies in an airtight freezer container and label. Freeze for up to 3 months. Cookies will thaw while you decorate them.

Nutrition Information:

1 Cookie: Calories 100 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 45mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 13g); Protein 0g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 0% Exchanges: 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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