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Easy Christmas Light Cookies

These festive cookies are fun to make and perfect for holiday cookie swaps, parties and gifting!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 3 mins
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 174 kcal
Course: Dessert , Others
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

FOR THE COOKIES
  • 2 cups (240g) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup (113g) butter
  • 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
FOR THE ICING
  • 2 cups (240g) powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoons plus 1 tsp. milk
  • back decorating gel
  • 1/2 cup (152g) mini M&Ms

Instructions

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  1. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl and set aside.
  2. Using a mixer, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy in a large bowl. Add in the egg and vanilla and combine. Stir in your dry ingredients from the medium bowl.
  3. Shape dough into a flattened ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough about an hour, or until chilled.
  4. Preheat the oven to 325F/163C, while preheating, line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  5. Lightly flour a clean surface and roll out your chilled dough to a quarter-inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut out 3” rounds and place on your lined baking sheets. Freeze for 30 minutes.
  6. Bake cookies 16-18 minutes, or until edges are a light golden color. Let cool completely.
  7. While cookies are cooling, make icing by stirring together powdered sugar, corn syrup and milk until smooth. Add milk in small increments to thin if necessary.
  8. Using a spoon, frost each cookie with about 1 Tablespoon of icing. Use the back of the spoon to smooth the icing in an even, smooth circle.
  9. Using your black decorating gel, draw you thin lines across the cookies to create a string of lights. Immediately add your M&Ms on the black line to create the colored lights. Let cookies dry and set.

Notes

  • Recipe slightly adapted from Delish.
  • Recipe slightly adapted from
  • Delish
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  • There are 9 Blue Plan SmartPoints in one serving.
  • There are 9
  • Blue Plan SmartPoints in one serving.
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  • If you don't have mini M&M’s, you can use the regular size or swap in other colored candies. 
  • For even easier Christmas cookies, skip the baking from scratch and use a store-bought mix or premade cookies to decorate instead.
  • Let the white icing dry fully before using black writing gel to draw the light strands.
  • Once you’ve added the gel, place the M&Ms on immediately, and push into the gel so they stick.

Nutrition Information

Calories 174kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 31g (10%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 5g (8%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Cholesterol 18mg (6%) Sodium 90mg (4%) Potassium 26mg (1%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 22g (44%) Vitamin A 138IU (3%) Calcium 15mg (2%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 174

% Daily Value*

Calories 174kcal 9%
Carbohydrates 31g 10%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 18mg 6%
Sodium 90mg 4%
Potassium 26mg 1%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 22g 44%
Vitamin A 138IU 3%
Calcium 15mg 2%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.