Kids can help prepare these festive cookies by crushing the candies or cutting out the cookie shapes. Photo credit: Susan Whetzel from Doughmesstic.
20m
PREP TIME
10m
COOK TIME
172
CALORIES
9
INGREDIENTS
Kids can help prepare these festive cookies by crushing the candies or cutting out the cookie shapes. Photo credit: Susan Whetzel from Doughmesstic.
20m
PREP TIME
10m
COOK TIME
172
CALORIES
9
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients 24 Servings
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Cream Of Tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Nutmeg
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
- 48 ring-shaped hard candies, each flavor crushed separately
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 Mix flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and nutmeg. Set aside.
- 2 Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually stir in flour mixture until well mixed. Refrigerate dough about 2 hours or until firm.
- 3 Preheat oven to 375°F. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured (see Test Kitchen Tip) surface. Cut into shapes with 2 1/2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. With mini cookie cutters, cut centers out of larger shapes. Remove small dough cutout and set aside. (Re-roll these scraps and cut out as above.) Place large cookies on foil-lined baking sheets. Fill hole with crushed candy.
- 4 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until candy is melted and cookies are until lightly browned. Place baking sheets on wire racks. Cool cookies completely before removing from foil.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
(per Serving)
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