Tasty Table Light Cookies

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Prep time: 10 min.
Baking time: 45 min.
Difficulty: Moderate
What you'll need:
2 bags M&M'S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies
1 18-oz. roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
2/3 cup flour
1 16-oz. can vanilla frosting
1 14-oz. package red licorice laces
Resealable plastic bags
Drinking straw
Click here for printable pattern, or use a cookie cutter in the shape of a Christmas light
What to do:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Knead the flour into the cookie dough until smooth.
Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness. Using the printable pattern or a Christmas light cookie cutter, cut out shapes.
With a spatula, gently transfer the cookies to a baking sheet. Using a drinking straw, press a hole at the top of each cookie.
Bake for 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
Separate different colors of M&M'S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies, and set aside.
Spread vanilla frosting on top of each cookie. Arrange a solid color of M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for the Holidays on top of each cookie.
Let the cookies dry for 30 minutes. Run licorice laces through each hole, connecting the cookies into one continuous strand.
Makes 18 cookies.