Personalized Christmas Stocking Cookies Recipe

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• Basic Sugar Cookie Dough
• Basic Frosting
• Stocking cookie cutter
• Food coloring (red, white and green)
• 3 disposable frosting bags

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• 3 couplers
• 3 decorating tips, sizes “4,” “4,” and “2”
• Rubber bands
• Edible pen (Find edible pens at any major craft store or cake decorating supply store)

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[step-item number=”1″ image_url=”” title=”” ]Prepare dough and frosting according to the recipes and cut out stocking cookies. Bake and let cool. [/step-item]

[step-item number=”2″ image_url=”” title=”” ]Follow the Basic Decorating Instructions to tint frosting with white, red and green coloring and prepare frosting bags. Fill white bag using a 4 tip, red with a 4 tip and green with a 2 tip. Outline stocking cuff with white frosting and the stocking with red frosting. Let set about 15 minutes and flood each with white and red frosting respectively. Let set well, a couple hours at least. [/step-item]

[step-item number=”3″ image_url=”” title=”” ] Pipe a design on the stocking, such as stripes, with the green frosting. Write a name on the cuff with the edible pen. Let dry overnight before packaging cookies.[/step-item][/step-list-wrapper]

Plus:
8 Decorated Christmas Cookies
Basic Sugar Cookie Dough
Basic Frosting
Basic Decorating Instructions

Recipes and photos by Meaghan Mountford, author of Cookie Sensations and editor of Craft Gossip.

Originally Published in Reader's Digest