Little Peeper Cookies from Pillsbury

This recipe showed up in my email yesterday and I loved it! So simple and so cute! If you don't get newsletters from Pillsbury you are certainly missing out on some great recipes!

What you'll need:

• 1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
• 1 cup fluffy white frosting (from 16 oz container)
• Yellow gel food color
• 18 semisweet chocolate chips, cut in half
• Yellow candy-coated licorice
• Orange candy slices

Heat oven to 350° F. Cut dough into 1/2-inch slices. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or unitl edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely. In medium bowl, stir frosting and 2 to 3 drops gel food color until well blended. Frost cookies. Decorate cookies using chocolate chip halves for eyes, yellow candy-coated licorice for feathers and pieces of orange candy slices for beak and feet. Makes 18 cookies.

Cost:

cookie dough - $2.25

frosting - $1.29

chocolate chips - $1.97

candy - $2.05

Total - $4.94