Santa Cookies

Hello Everyone!

I made sugar cookies with a sweet red & white chocolate coating! These cookies are perfect for the holidays! Enjoy!

Cookie Ingredients:

1. 3 cups all-purpose Flour
2. 3/4 tsp. Baking Powder
3. 1/2 tsp. Salt
4. 1 cup Sugar
5. 1 cup Softened Butter
6. 1 Egg
7. 1 tsp. Almond Extract

Decorating Supplies:

1. White Icing / chocolate
2. Red Icing / chocolate
3. M&Ms, for the nose
4. Eye Sprinkles

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt together.
2. In a separate bowl, mix butter and sugar until it's light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs, almond extract & vanilla extract until it's fully mixed in with the butter.
4. Using a spatula, pour in the flour mixture and blend it in with the butter mixture.
5. Mix until the mixture becomes a dough-like consistency.

1. Once the dough is fully mixed, set the bowl of dough aside, into the fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and prepare a baking tray with parchment paper.

1. Take the bowl of dough out of the refrigerator, and roll out the dough until it's about 1/8-inches thick.
2. Sprinkle a little bit of flour on top of the dough and using a cookie cutter, cut the dough into as many pieces as it can fit.
3. On a baking sheet, place the cookies about 1 inch apart.

1. Bake the cookies in the oven until the edges are golden, for 10 to 13 minutes.
2. Once you take the cookies out of the oven, make sure to let them cool before decorating them!

1. Add a thin, even layer of white frosting on half the cookie.
2. Then add another thin, even layer of red frosting on the other half of the cookie.
3. Let the frosting cool.

1. Add two eye sprinkles for the eyes.
2. Add a red M&M for the nose.

Enjoy your cookies!