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Frosted Sugar Cookies

By: Crisco Baking Sticks® 
"These cookies look complicated, but they're really a snap to make. Just top easy cake mix-based sugar cookies with prepared frosting and candy bits."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 5.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (1)

Prep Time:
25 Min
Cook Time:
8 Min
Ready In:
33 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 4 dozen cookies
 

Ingredients

  • Crisco® Butter No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 1 (18.25 ounce) box Pillsbury® Reduced Sugar Yellow Cake mix
  • 1/3 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening or Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening*
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 (15 ounce) container Pillsbury® Reduced Sugar Vanilla Frosting
  • Decorative candy bits of your choice (optional)

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray cookie sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
  2. Combine cake mix and shortening in medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until a coarse meal forms. Add water and egg, mixing on low, until a smooth dough forms. Shape dough into 4 dozen 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Spray bottom of a cup with no-stick cooking spray. Flatten each ball of dough to 2 inches in diameter.
  3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute. Remove to cooling rack. Spread frosting over cookies. Sprinkle with decorative candy bits of your choice, if desired.

Footnotes

  • *1/3 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening equals 1/3 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 89 | Total Fat: 4.2g | Cholesterol: 4mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on May 14, 2012 by shanners79   view full review
this is a real easy cookie!!! taste real good too! i have tried sugar cookies before but have...

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