Cute Sugar Cookie Lights

• Prep Time: 10 min.
• Bake Time: 45 min.
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Yield: Makes 18 cookies.

• 4 cups M&M’S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies
• 1 18 oz. roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 16 oz. can vanilla frosting
• 1 14 oz. package red licorice laces
• Resealable plastic bags
• Drinking straw
• Christmas light shaped cookie cutter

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 2. Knead the flour into the cookie dough until smooth.
• 3. Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness. By hand, or using a Christmas light cookie cutter, cut out shapes.
• 4. With a spatula, gently transfer the cookies to a baking sheet. Using a drinking straw, press a hole at the top of each cookie.
• 5. Bake for 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
• 6. Separate different colors of M&M’S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies, and set aside.
• 7. Spread vanilla frosting on top of each cookie. Arrange a solid color of M&M’S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies on top of each cookie.
• 8. Let the cookies dry for 30 minutes. Run licorice laces through each hole, connecting the cookies into one continuous strand.