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.
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Present Cookies
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 28
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 pouch Betty Crocker™ peanut butter cookie mix
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- Assorted gel food colors
- Assorted sprinkles, decorating sugars, edible glitter, as desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat 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.
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Step2Place 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.
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Step3Place 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.
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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
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