M&m's Mini Baking Bits 3-d Holiday Cookies

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup miniature m&m baking bits (150g)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar (150g)
• 2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (675g)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• assorted food coloring
• 3 cups powdered sugar (1350g)
• 3 egg whites

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
• 2 in small bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt; blend into creamed mixture.
• 3 wrap dough and refrigerate 2-3 hours.
• 4 preheat oven 375°f (190°c).
• 5 working with half of dough at a time on lightly floured surface, roll to 1/8 inch (3 mm) inch thickness.
• 6 cut into pairs of desired shapes using 3 inch (7. 6 cm) cookie cutters.
• 7 re-roll trimmings and cut out more cookies.
• 8 place cutouts 1 inch (2. 54 cm) apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 9 bake 7-9 minutes.
• 10 immediately cut 1 cookie of each pair in half vertically.
• 11 cool on cookie sheets 1 minute; cool completely on wire racks.
• 12 prepare decorating glaze: by combining powdered sugar and egg whites in medium bowl until smooth.
• 13 color glaze with food colors as desired.
• 14 pour glaze over backs of cookies.
• 15 let set.
• 16 spread line of glaze down cut edge of cookie.
• 17 press half cookie to middle of whole cookie.
• 18 let set.
• 19 repeat with remaining half of cookie, attaching half cookie to middle back of whole cookie.
• 20 using glaze to attach, decorate cookies with"m&m's"® chocolate mini baking bits.
• 21 store in tightly covered container.