Springtime Lollipop Sugar Cookies

Spring is finally here! The sun is shining bright and the flowers are blooming, and what better way to celebrate spring then to stir up a batch of colorful and tasty cookies with the kids?! Watch this video from Cricket Azima and our friends at Howdini on how you and your little chef can make your very own Springtime Lollipop Sugar Cookies. AND kids get a kick out of eating this cookie on a stick, which is an easy and almost clean way for kids to eat a frosted cookie!

Lollipop Sugar Cookies

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 tablespoons Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1 egg
12 wooden sticks with rounded ends
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy frosting (any white variety)
Food colors in desired colors
Assorted candy decorations

1.Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, flour and egg until dough forms. Roll dough on floured surface until about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 3-inch round cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Carefully insert a wooden stick into side of each cookie.

2.Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

3. For cookie decorating, divide frosting among 4 small bowls. Tint frosting in 3 of the bowls with different color of food color. Reserve some of the tinted frostings for piping on designs. Frost cookies with remaining white and tinted frostings. For piping, place each tinted frosting in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; snip off tiny corner of bag. Pipe frostings on cookies in desired designs. Decorate with candy decorations.

Makes 1 dozen lollipop cookies

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