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Updated Oct 19, 2016
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A square cookie cutter and a little frosting is all you need to make these easy, festive present cookies! Get creative and decorate with brightly-colored frosting.

Present Cookies

  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total 1 hr 15 min
  • Servings 28
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix cookie mix, flour, egg, water and oil until well combined. On work surface sprinkled lightly with flour, roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Use 2-inch square cookie cutter to cut cookies from dough, rolling and rerolling as necessary to get 28 cookies.
  • Step 
    2
    Place cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set and lightly golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack to cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  • Step 
    3
    Place 1/3 cup of the frosting in resealable food-storage plastic bag with 1 corner cut off. Divide remaining frosting among several bowls; color as desired with assorted food colors. Frost cookies with colored frostings. Decorate as desired. Use frosting in bag to pipe ribbons and bows on tops of cookies to make them look like presents.

Nutrition

160 Calories
6g Total Fat
1g Protein
24g Total Carbohydrate
17g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
160
Calories from Fat
50
Total Fat
6g
9%
Saturated Fat
2g
10%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
5mg
2%
Sodium
130mg
5%
Potassium
25mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
24g
8%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
17g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
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 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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