Recipe From: BrightIdeas.com
Recipe Name: Summer Cookies
Details
- Prep Time: 15 min.
- Bake Time: 15 min.
- Decoration Time: 30 min.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Yield: Makes 18 cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 roll (18-oz.) refrigerated cookie dough
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1 16-oz. box confectioner’s sugar
- 3 tablespoons egg white powder
- 6 tablespoons water
- Assorted colors decorating sugar
- 3 cookie sheet pans
- Parchment paper
- 18 small clear plastic bags
- Ribbon
- Resealable plastic bag
Directions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the cookie sheet pans with parchment paper.
- 2. Knead the flour into the cookie dough. Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Using 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut out 18 cookies. Transfer to cookie sheet pans and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden.
- 3. Beat the confectioner’s sugar, egg white powder, and water until fluffy. Spoon 1/2 cup of the frosting into resealable plastic bag. Divide the remaining frosting into 5 separate cups and tint each a color. Referring to the photo, frost 3 wedges of each cookie solid white frosting and set aside to dry. Frost the other 3 wedges with a solid color and sprinkle with the decorating sugar. Arrange matching colors M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies over the colored area, attaching them with dots of frosting. Pipe a dot of frosting in the center and place one of the brown M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies.
- 4. Place a beach ball cookie inside each clear plastic bag and tie with ribbon.
