Little Peeper Cookies

Prep Time:1 Hr 30 Mins | Total Time:1 Hr 30 Mins | Makes:24 Cookies

Just 4 ingredients and a few candies create deliciously cute chick cookies.

1 pouch Betty Crocker* Sugar Cookie Mix

1/2 cup (125 mL) butter or margarine, softened

1 egg

1 container Betty Crocker* Whipped Fluffy White Frosting

Yellow gel or paste food colour

36 semisweet chocolate chips, cut in half

Yellow candy-coated licorice

Orange candy slices

Heat oven to 375ºF. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until dough forms. On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. cool completely, about 15 minutes.
Stir frosting and 2 to 3 drops food colour until well blended. Frost and decorate 1 cookie at a time. After spreading frosting on cookie, add chocolate chip halves for eyes, yellow candy-coated licorice for feathers and pieces of orange candy slices for beak and feet.

Sugar Cookie Mix

Purchasing : Look for gel or paste food colouring in baking supply stores and larger grocery stores. Regular liquid food colours will thin the frosting too much.