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Holiday Cookie Dough

Our Test Kitchen created this make-ahead dough recipe for a variety of holiday cookies. Use Recipe Search to find these recipes that use the dough: Jolly Santas, Lemon Rope Trees, Magic Stars, Reindeer Bites and Strawberry Tea Cookies.

200 ServingsPrep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
Sprinkles, jimmies or colored sugar, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat
in milk and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to
creamed mixture and mix well.
Divide dough into five 1-cup portions; shape each into a 10-in.-long
roll. Wrap individually in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour or
until easy to handle, or freeze for up to 3 months. Yield: 5
portions (1 cup each).
To use refrigerated cookie dough: Cut roll into 1/4-in. slices. Place
2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Decorate with sprinkles,
jimmies or colored sugar if desired. Bake at 350° for 7-9
minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing
to wire racks.
Or, bake according to individual directions for Jolly Santas, Lemon
Rope Trees, Magic Stars, Reindeer Bites and Strawberry Tea Cookies.

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Holiday Cookie Dough (continued)

Directions (continued)

To use frozen cookie dough: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Bake
according to recipe directions.
Yield: 200 slice-and-bake cookies.

Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 76 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 13 mg cholesterol, 51 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch.