Holiday Surprise Sugar Cookies

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) sugar cookie mix
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• Red and green food colors
• 16 thin rectangular crème de menthe candies, cut into thirds
• Assorted colored sprinkles, sugars, decors and decorating gels

Details

Servings 48
Cooking time 105mins
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg and flour until dough forms. Divide dough into thirds. Tint one-third red and one-third green with food colors; leave one-third plain. Keep dough covered tightly until ready to use.

2 On floured surface, roll each third of dough until 1/8 inch thick. For round cookies, cut with 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter; for square cookies, cut into 1 1/2-inch squares using sharp knife. (Dip cutter or knife in flour for easier cutting.)

3 On ungreased cookie sheet, place half the cookies 1 inch apart. Place 1 candy piece on center of each cookie; top with another cookie. Gently press edges together to seal, using tines of fork. To decorate before baking, sprinkle cookies with colored sprinkles, sugars or decors as desired.

4 Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Decorate with gels as desired.

Expert Tips:

Instead of the crème de menthe candies, use one of the following in each cookie:

Piece of a milk chocolate candy bar (1.55 ounces), separated into small rectangles, each cut into thirds (larger baking or candy bars will be too thick)

Small round chocolate-covered creamy mint

1/4 teaspoon toffee bits. Surprise someone special with a box of these holiday cookies.

Serves 48

1 Cookie Calories70 ( Calories from Fat30), Total Fat3 1/2g (Saturated Fat1 1/2g, Trans Fat0g ), Cholesterol10mg Sodium35mg Total Carbohydrate10g (Dietary Fiber0g Sugars6g ), Protein0g