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Hot Dog Cookies

These crowd-pleasing cookies, shaped like miniature hot dogs in buns, are plump with possibilities. Add time-easing toppings such as green-tinted coconut for "relish" and yellow frosting for "mustard."

16 ServingsPrep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Red and green liquid food coloring
3 tablespoons flaked coconut
Yellow decorating frosting

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in flour
and vanilla. Remove 1 cup dough; add red food coloring and knead
until well combined. Cover and refrigerate remaining dough for 1
hour.
For hot dogs, divide red dough into 16 portions. Shape into 2-1/2-in.
logs and round the ends; set aside. Divide plain dough into 16
portions. Shape into 3-in. logs; make a very deep lengthwise groove
in each. Smooth edges to form buns. Place 3 in. apart on an
ungreased baking sheet. Place hot dogs in buns.
Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
Cool.
For pickle relish, place coconut in a plastic bag; sprinkle 1-2 drops
of green food coloring into bag and shake until color is evenly
distributed. Sprinkle over hot dogs. For mustard, pipe a stripe of
yellow frosting down the center of each. Yield: 16 servings.

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Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 178 calories, 12 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 119 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.