Christmas Santa Claus Cookies

Christmas Santa Claus Cookies

Create the big fella with a few slices of Pillsbury® refrigerated cookie dough.

Ingredients of Christmas Santa Claus Cookies

1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies

2 tablespoons red decorator sugar crystals

1 1/4 cups vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting (from 1-lb container)

1/2 teaspoon red paste icing color (not liquid food color)

16 miniature marshmallows, cut in half crosswise

Assorted candies

Description of Christmas Santa Claus Cookies

1.Heat oven to 350°F. Remove half of dough from wrapper; refrigerate remaining half until needed.

2.Cut dough into 1/4-inch slices, reshaping each into a round. For each cookie, cut narrow strips from opposite sides of slice. On ungreased cookie sheet, place larger piece. Shape dough strips into balls; roll in sugar crystals. Place ball of dough on each cut side, 2/3 of the way down, on inside edge of cookie to form cheeks; press gently so balls almost touch. Repeat with remaining slices, placing 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining dough.

3.Bake 7 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.

4.In small bowl, place 1/2 cup of the frosting. Stir in icing color until well blended. Frost top of each cookie with red frosting for hat. Add marshmallow half, cut side down, for tassel on "hat."

5.Place remaining frosting in decorating bag fitted with writing tip, or in small resealable food-storage plastic bag with small hole cut in bottom corner of bag. Pipe white frosting around remaining cookie edge for beard and across bottom of "hat." Attach candies with frosting for eyes, nose and mouth. Pipe white frosting for mustache.

Prep Time: 2 Hr/Total Time: 2 Hr 30 Min/Makes: 28 cookies

Source - Pillsbury.com