Items You'll Need

To make Santa Sugar Cookies you will need pre-made cookie dough, pre-made frosting, red food coloring, Holiday M&Ms, frosting spatula, piping bag, and medium star tip.

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Bake the Cookies

Bake the sugar cookies according to the package directions or use your favorite sugar cookie recipe.

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Prepare the Frosting

Divide the frosting in half. Leave half of the frosting white and use gel food coloring to tint the other half of the frosting red.

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Santa's Hat

Use a butter knife or small spatula to spread red frosting on the top 1/3 of the baked cookies.

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Add Details

Fill a piping bag with white frosting and use a medium-sized star tip to trace a white line just below the bottom of the red frosting.

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Tip of Santa's Hat

Pipe a large star on the right side of the cookie, just above the white line (the tip of Santa’s hat).

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Santa's Face

Use the star tip to pipe two dots for Santa’s eyes with a little bit of frosting and two curves for his mustache.

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Santa's Eyes & Nose

Place two green M&M’s on the white frosting dots for Santa’s eyes. Put a red M&M just above the mustache for his nose.

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