Prep Guide and Tips:
Substitution: If you want butterflies to be multiple colors, frost cookies with white frosting and sprinkle with various colors of decorating sugars.
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Butterfly Cookies
- Prep Time:
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Start to Finish:
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Servings:
- 20 cookies
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Welcome spring in with these easy butterfly cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 pouch Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cups Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting (from 12-oz container)
- Red gel or paste food color
- 1/2 cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting (from 16 oz container)
- Red decorating sugar, if desired
Directions
- Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, flour and egg until soft dough forms. Roll dough on floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 3 1/4-inch butterfly cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet; cool completely.
- Using about 1/4 cup chocolate frosting, frost center of each cookie in oval shape for body. In small bowl, color 1 cup white frosting with red food color; frost wings of butterflies. In small resealable food-storage plastic bag, place 1/4 cup white frosting; pipe eyes and mouths. In second resealable plastic bag, place remaining chocolate frosting; pipe antennas. Sprinkle wings with decorating sugar.
Additional Directions
Nutrition Facts
Nutritional Information Per Serving; 1 cookie:
- Calories:
- 210
- Calories From Fat:
- 80
- Total Fat:
- 9g
- Cholesterol:
- 20mg
- Sodium:
- 130mg
- Potassium:
- 40mg
- Protein:
- 1g
- Vitamin A:
- Vitamin C:
- Calcium:
- Iron:
