Chili Pepper Cookies Recipe

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Cut out to look like their namesake, these cookies were sweet treats at the celebration. We used a favorite recipe that makes a tender, slightly soft sugar cookies. By tinting the frosting and adding some colored sugar sprinkles, these can be decorated with out a lot of fuss. They really say "fiesta".—Terri Newton, Marshall, Texas

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Chili Pepper Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 48 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter-flavored shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 to 5 tablespoons milk
Green and red gel food coloring
Green and red colored sugar

Directions

In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll and pat out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-1/2-in. chili pepper shaped cookies cutter.
Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
In a small bowl, beat the butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Tint 1/3 cup green; set aside. Tint remaining frosting red. Frost "peppers" red and "stems" green; sprinkle with matching sugar. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Originally published as Chili Pepper Cookies in Taste of Home August/September 2004, p22