Santa Cookie Bites

Name: Santa Cookie Bites
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT1H0M0.000S
Yield: 2 dozen cookie bites
Ingredients: One 1-pound log refrigerated sugar cookie dough; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; Red food coloring, as needed; 24 small to medium strawberries; 3 cups prepared vanilla frosting (from about two 16-ounce tubs); 24 mini red candy-coated chocolates, such as mini M&Ms; 1 string black licorice (12 to 14 inches long), cut into 48 pieces

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Level: Easy

Total: 1 hr
Active: 20 min

Yield: 2 dozen cookie bites

These jolly little Santas will delight everyone at your next holiday gathering. You can bake the cookie bites ahead of time and decorate them at the last minute, so Santa’s strawberry hat stays perky and fresh.

Level: Easy

Total: 1 hr
Active: 20 min

Yield: 2 dozen cookie bites

Ingredients

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One 1-pound log refrigerated sugar cookie dough

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Red food coloring, as needed

24 small to medium strawberries

3 cups prepared vanilla frosting (from about two 16-ounce tubs)

24 mini red candy-coated chocolates, such as mini M&Ms

1 string black licorice (12 to 14 inches long), cut into 48 pieces

Directions

Special equipment:

a 24-cup mini muffin pan; 24 red mini cupcake liners; a large pastry bag fitted with a large star tip

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 24-cup mini muffin pan with 24 red cupcake liners.
Put the cookie dough in a large bowl and sprinkle with the flour. Knead in enough food coloring to make the dough a vibrant red. Roll into 24 balls and place 1 in each of the liners. Make a depression in the middle of each with your thumb.
Bake until the bites are puffed and the dough is cooked through, about 20 minutes. If the depressions in the dough have risen, let cool for a minute or two, then press again with your thumb. Cool in the pan on a cooling rack.
Meanwhile, cut the tops from the strawberries in a straight line, so they will sit flush on top of the cookies. Put the frosting in a large pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
Pipe and fill each cookie bite depression with frosting and pipe a circle around the perimeter of the cookie bite. Starting from the bottom, pipe 2 or 3 lines of frosting up to make a Santa beard. Put a red candy in the center of each beard for Santa’s nose and 2 pieces of licorice above for his eyes. Top the frosting with a strawberry and pipe a small ball of frosting on top of the hat. Serve immediately.