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Tasty Table Lights
Your kids will light up when they bite into these Christmas de-lights!
Prep time: 10 min.
Baking time: 45 min.
Difficulty: Moderate
What you'll need:
- 2 bags M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 18-oz. roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1 16-oz. can vanilla frosting
- 1 14-oz. package red licorice laces
- Resealable plastic bags
- Drinking straw
- Click here for printable pattern, or use a cookie cutter in the shape of a Christmas light
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Knead the flour into the cookie dough until smooth.
- Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness. Using the printable pattern or a Christmas light cookie cutter, cut out shapes.
- With a spatula, gently transfer the cookies to a baking sheet. Using a drinking straw, press a hole at the top of each cookie.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
- Separate different colors of M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies, and set aside.
- Spread vanilla frosting on top of each cookie. Arrange a solid color of M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for the Holidays on top of each cookie.
- Let the cookies dry for 30 minutes. Run licorice laces through each hole, connecting the cookies into one continuous strand.
