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"These beautiful Christmas cookies look as good as they taste."

christmas holly cookies

submitted by: Bright Ideas
  • Prep Time: 20 min.
  • Bake Time: 12- 17 min.
  • Decoration Time: 20 min.
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Yield: Makes 24 cookies.

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 1 roll (18 oz.) store-bought refrigerated cookie dough
  • 1 ½ cups prepared vanilla frosting
  • Green food coloring
  • ⅔ cup M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies
  • 2 cookie sheet pans
  • Resealable plastic bag
  • Small spatula or table knife
  • Large, round platter
  • Holly leaf-shaped cookie cutter

Directions

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line the cookie sheet pans with the parchment paper.
  • 2. Knead the flour into the cookie dough until smooth. Roll out the dough to a scant 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out 18 cookies, re-rolling the scraps if necessary. Transfer the cookies to the prepared cookie sheet pans.
  • 3. Bake for 12-17 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
  • 4. Spoon the frosting into a resealable plastic bag; snip a corner. Using the photo as a guide, pipe outlines on the cookies, then fill in the outlines with a tight zigzag pattern. Spread the frosting with a small spatula or table knife on about half the cookies to make it smooth.
  • 5. Attach M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies on the cookies’ tops, placing 3 red candies as berries on the tips. Arrange the cookies on a serving platter, overlapping them slightly, in the shape of a wreath.

Nutrition

  • Calories per serving 204
  • Total Fat 9 g
  • Saturated Fat 2 g
  • Trans Fat 0 g
  • Cholesterol 8 mg
  • Sodium 130 mg
  • Carbohydrates 31 g
  • Dietary Fiber 0 g
  • Sugars 18 g
  • Protein 2 g
  • Vitamin A 0%DV
  • Vitamin C 0%DV
  • Calcium 0%DV
  • Iron 0%DV
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