Cookies For Santa Recipe

Ingredients:

Green Dough

1/4

cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/4

cup butter, softened

1

tablespoon green crème de menthe liqueur or crème de menthe syrup

2

drops green food color

Decorating bag fitted with small writing tip

Cookies

1

roll (18 oz) refrigerated sugar cookies

Candy sprinkles or miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

Directions:
Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix green dough ingredients until well blended. Place dough in decorating bag fitted with small writing tip; set aside.

2 Work with half of dough at a time; keep remaining dough refrigerated. On lightly floured work surface, roll out dough with rolling pin to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2- to 3 1/2-inch tree-shaped cookie cutter; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3 Squeeze decorating bag to pipe green dough around outer edge of each tree cookie; pipe dots randomly in center. Top each dot with candy sprinkle.

4 Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.