COOKIES AND CREAM STUFFED SANTA BELLIES
These cute cookies are a great conversation starter on a cookie tray, and the kids love 'em! If your kitchen is warm from baking all day, chill your dough for a bit before rolling it out. -Crystal Schlueter, Northglenn, CO
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield about 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half; shape each into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, at least 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. round cutter., Place half of the circles 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; top with candy bar pieces. Top with remaining circles, pinching edges to seal., Bake until bottoms are light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely., Tint 1-2/3 cups frosting red; spread over cookies. Tint 2/3 cup frosting black; pipe belts and buttons over top. Tint remaining frosting yellow; pipe buckles on belts.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 350 calories, Fat 16g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 37mg cholesterol, Sodium 202mg sodium, Carbohydrate 49g carbohydrate (30g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 3g protein.
SANTA'S STUFFED BELLY COOKIES
I have been seeing "surprise inside cookies" for a few years and really wanted to come up with my own version. After a little brainstorming, I came up with the idea of making Santa's belly cookies and filling them with miniature cookies. These are so much fun to give as gifts-just wrap in colored cellophane and tie with a festive ribbon. You can exchange the mini cookies for candy or anything you'd like; if desired, you can color the cookie dough red, too. -Crystal Schlueter, Northglenn, Colorado
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 stuffed cookies
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough into quarters. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 2 hours., On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 4-in. round cutter. Using a floured 3-1/2-in. round cutter, cut centers out of three-fifths of the cookies to make window cookies. Reroll and use dough trimmings. Place solid and window cookies 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake until edges are firm, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For royal icing, combine confectioners' sugar, water and meringue powder; beat on low speed just until blended. Beat on high until stiff peaks form, 4-5 minutes. Tint with red, white, black and gray food coloring. Keep unused icing covered at all times with a damp cloth. If necessary, beat again on high speed to restore texture., Frost half of solid cookies with red icing; using a pastry bag, pipe them with belts, buckles and trim. Pipe white icing around edges of window cookies and remaining solid cookies so they will adhere. On each solid cookie, layer three window cookies; fill opening with M&M's. Top with a red-frosted cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies. Let stand at room temperature several hours until frosting is dry and firm. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 765 calories, Fat 25g fat (15g saturated fat), Cholesterol 123mg cholesterol, Sodium 502mg sodium, Carbohydrate 128g carbohydrate (87g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 9g protein.
SANTA COOKIES
No baking necessary and always a big hit!! My niece made these last year for the holidays and I thought they were adorable. We don't like red hots, so I use mini M&M's. This also allows you to use various colors for the eyes and nose.
Provided by Marg CaymanDesigns
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 32 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt white chocolate, stirring occasionally.
- Dip one end of each cookie into melted chocolate.
- Place on wire racks.
- For santa's hat, sprinkle red sugar on top part of chocolate.
- Press one vanilla chip off-center on hat for pom-pom, let stand until set. Note: you can also use a mini marshmallow cut in half for the pom-pom.
- Dip other end of each cookie into melted chocolate for beard, leaving center of cookie uncovered.
- Place on wire racks.
- With a dab of melted chocolate, attach semisweet chips for the eyes and a red-hot for the nose.
- Place on waxed paper until chocolate sets.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 125.1, Fat 6.4, SaturatedFat 2.8, Cholesterol 2.2, Sodium 61.8, Carbohydrate 15.6, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 11.3, Protein 1.9
CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES
This is great dessert when you are having company. They are in the shapes of Christmas trees. Use green and red sprinkles and any kind of frosting to decorate.
Provided by Shannon
Categories Desserts Cookies Cut-Out Cookie Recipes
Yield 60
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix confectioners' sugar, butter or margarine, egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Stir in flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Divide dough into halves. On lightly floured cloth-covered board, roll each half out to 3/16 inch thick. on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Cut into Christmas shapes.
- Bake on parchment lined baking sheets for 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool on wire racks and decorate as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 59.4 calories, Carbohydrate 7 g, Cholesterol 11.2 mg, Fat 3.2 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.7 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 44.1 mg, Sugar 3 g
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