| Holiday Cookie Decorating | |
Cut rolled cookie dough into desired shapes about 1/4" thick. Remove the center of the cut out cookie in the same shape, leaving a border of about 1/2" or a little more. Place cookies on foil lined cookie sheets and fill the cut-out centers with crushed lifesavers. Bake until candy is melted and cookies are slightly browned. Cool before removing from the pan.
Color a little of the cookie dough with food coloring and pipe onto cut out cookies. The colored dough will bake into the cookies, and look like frosting.
Use a paintbrush to paint patterns on baked cookies with light corn syrup, then dip in colored sugar or sprinkles. To color sugar, mix 1 drop of liquid food coloring into 1/2 cup of sugar.
Fold a small piece of waxed paper into quarters, then in half, making a triangle. Cut shapes out of the folds and point, then put on the cookie and sprinkle with colored or powdered sugars.
Use a sandwich bag as a decorator bag. Just cut off the tip of a corner, fill the bag with icing, and squeeze to decorate.
To make a plain cookie fancy and tastier, dip in melted semi sweet chocolate. Dip half the cookie into the melted chocolate, sprinkle with or roll in finely chopped nuts, toasted coconut, crushed peppermint sticks, or jimmies, and place on waxed paper until coating is firm.
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