Easy Santa Cookies

Name: Easy Santa Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 177 milliliters shredded coconut; 1 egg; 473 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; 18 miniature marshmallows; 2 Tbsps milk; 18 red cinnamon candies; 1 teaspoons salt; 36 currants or semisweet chocolate chips; 3 Tbsps red sugar; 237 milliliters Betty Rich & Creamy vanilla ready-to-spread frosting

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Easy Santa Cookies a try. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 30g of fat, and a total of 565 calories. This recipe serves 18. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, sugar, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 400F. 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.

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Granulated Sugar

Baking Soda

Lemon Peel

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Oven

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.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack

Oven

Spread frosting on cookie (frost and decorate each cookie before starting another).

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Frosting

Spread

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.

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Marshmallows