Beautiful Butterflies
Create beautiful butterfly cookies that kids can decorate with their own designs. Tie a few cookies together to make a butterfly bouquet.
Prep time: 15 min.
Baking time: 10-12 min.
Decoration time: 20 min.
Difficulty: Challenging
What you'll need:
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 18-oz. package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 6 1-oz. squares white chocolate
- 24 wooden craft sticks
- Assorted food colorings
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Working with half the dough at a time on lightly floured surface, roll to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut into butterfly shapes using 3-inch cookie cutters.
- Press on craft sticks and place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
- Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets; cool completely on wire racks.
- In top of double boiler over hot water, melt the white chocolate.
- Remove from heat; divide among separate bowls for each glaze color desired.
- Tint with food colorings, as desired.
- Spread over cookies; decorate with M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies. Let set.
