Jolly Santas

Name: Jolly Santas
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons confectioners sugar; 15 servings Red paste food coloring; 15 red-hot candies; 30 miniature semisweet chocolate chips; 237 milliliters refrigerated Holiday Cookie Dough; 237 milliliters vanilla frosting, divided

Jolly Santas is a dairy free hor d'oeuvre. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 393 calories. This recipe serves 15. Head to the store and pick up confectioners' sugar, semisweet chocolate chips, vanilla frosting, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

On a lightly floured surface, roll out cookie dough to 1/8-in. thickness.

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Cookie Dough

Roll

Cut out 15 ovals, using a 3-in. egg-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Cookie Cutter

Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

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Oven

Sprinkle cookies with confectioners' sugar. In a small bowl, tint 3/4 cup frosting with food coloring; frost top third of each cookie.

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Powdered Sugar

Food Color

Frosting

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Bowl

Using a star tip and remaining vanilla frosting, pipe a pom-pom, fur hat brim, eyebrows, eyes, mustache and mouth on each cookie. Press two chocolate chips and a red-hot candy into frosting for pupils and mouth.

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Frosting

Chocolate Chips