Tasty Table Lights

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Tasty Table Lights



Prep Time: 10 min.
Bake Time: 45 min.
Difficulty: Moderate

Yield: Makes 24 cookies.


Ingredients:
2/3 cup flour
1 18 oz. roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1½ cups prepared vanilla frosting
3 cups M&M’S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies
4 strands red licorice laces
Resealable plastic bags
Drinking straw
Christmas light shaped cookie cutter (small)


Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Knead the flour into the cookie dough until smooth.
3. Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness.
By hand, or using a Christmas light cookie cutter, cut out shapes.
4. With a spatula, gently transfer the cookies to a baking sheet.
Using a drinking straw, press a hole at the top of each cookie.
5. Bake for 15 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
6. Separate different colors of M&M’S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies, and set aside.
7. Spread vanilla frosting on top of each cookie.
Arrange a solid color of M&M’S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies on top of each cookie.
8. Let the cookies dry for 30 minutes. Run licorice laces through each hole, connecting the cookies into one continuous strand.
9. Tip for a quicker and lighter version: Tint frosting to match the M&M'S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies.
Frost the cookies and then decorate with color coodinated M&M'S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies.





Nutritional Information
Calories 307
Total Fat 13 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 10 mg
Sodium 147 mg
Carbohydrates 46 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugars 31 g
Protein 2 g





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