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These Santa Hat Shortbread Cookies are easy to make and the perfect addition to your holiday baking. Make and extra batch of these Santa Hat Shortbread Christmas Cookies this Christmas season and share with family and friends.
Santa Hat Shortbread Cookies
I have the cutest cookie recipe for you guys today. With the holidays coming, I know we will all be baking up a storm, so I wanted to share something that is simple, sweet, and easy to make and decorate!
Krusteaz sent me a bunch of easy to make cookie mixes so that I could spread the Christmas cheer with my friends, family, and neighbors this year and this Santa Hat Shortbread Cookie recipe will definitely be one of the favorites this year.
You only need a few ingredients, Krusteaz Shortbread Cookie Mix, butter, strawberries, frosting, white chocolate chips, and about 20 minutes to make these cookie for your next cookie swap, family function, or just as a special treat. I love the natural sweetness that the strawberries add to these cookies, plus with that little white chocolate chip on top, it looks like Santa’s hat!
Now, here is my Santa Hat Shortbread Cookies Recipe, be sure to Print It and Pin It so that you can make them year after year.
Santa Hat Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box of Krusteaz Shortbread Cookie Mix
- 1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter - softened
- Strawberries
- Whipped white frosting
- White chocolate chips if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Make the shortbread cookie mix according to the box
- Roll the dough into 2-2 1/2 inch balls
- Using the palm of your hand or the bottom of a glass jar, lightly flatten the cookie balls
- Bake 10-15 mins until golden brown on the edges
- Allow to cool
- Spread on the white frosting
- Top with strawberry (with stem cut off)
- Put a dab of frosting on the top of the strawberry
- Place white chocolate chips on the frosting if desired
- Share with friends and family
- Enjoy the holidays!
I hope you enjoy these Santa Hat Shortbread Cookies as much as we do!
What are some of your favorite holiday cookie recipes?
Happy Holidays!
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This looks good like to try this my
kids love cookies
Love the Santa Hats
These cookies are so cute and easy to make. Plus, I love the idea of fresh strawberries, which I love. But, overall my favorite cookies are chocolate chip cookies!
I would like to try making these cookies with jam on top.
looks so good
These Santa hat cookies are adorable! I love the strawberries with the whip cream. They make these such a cute cookie π
You had me at strawberries.
I love this creative way of making Krusteaz cookies!
the santa hat cookies are adorable and look to be do able for the average cook with kids
I love Snicker Doodles, they remind me of my Grandma.
These are so cute. Grandkids would love to make these. Thanks for sharing. I didn’t realize Krusteaz made cookie mix as well.
Carol L
What’s not to love? They look pretty and sound yummy!
I think these are cute, love the strawberries with the sugar cookie
ALLWAYS A FAVORITE IN MY HOUSE SO LONG AS I’m NOT THE ONE BAKING COOKIES HOWEVER WE DO HAVE SEVERAL TYPES THIS TYPE OF YEAR CHOCOLATE CHIP PEANUT BUTTER CHIP BUTTERSCOTCH CHIPS MMCOOKIES HOILDAY FAVORITES
My granddaughter loves anything strawberry. I am going to surprise and make the Santa hat cookies for Christmas.
I love the Santa Hat Shortbread Cookies, they are so cute and original. My sons would love to decorate them.
I love shortbread cookies!! I would try cool whip with M&Ms or chocolate chip morsels. A couple of my grandkids like Nutella, hey may spread that on their cookies. To me, plain is just fine.
These look so tasty! I love shortbread cookies and strawberries!
This cookies sound like they taste real good
These are too cute! I cannot wait to make them!
This look super yummy. Can’t wait to bake!
These are adorable! Love shortbread!
These are so cute and would be perfect to leave Santa! π
These look so good and I’m going to make them this year. I know my grandchildren will love them!
That is easy and oh, so cute.
These are super cute!
These would be cute! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome – Happy Holidays π