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The Santas take a long time to make (lots of balls to roll!) but they're SO worth it. The recipe is delicious and they're absolutely adorable. You can't beat the WOW factor. I've made them for three years in a row now and everyone I give them to loves them. I'd recommend using SALTED butter, though. If you use unsalted, the flavor comes out a bit flat. I also use my own icing recipe rather than one that calls for shortening. I've used this same cookie dough to make LOTS of different holiday shapes (wreaths, reindeer, even teddy bears!) and they all come out perfectly! I've tried adding mini semi-sweet chocolate chips to the cookie dough and made plain chocolate-chip shortbread cookies out of them which were inhaled by my family immediately. I even substituted 1\/4 cup of cocoa for 1\/4 cup of the flour and made cocoa-flavored cookies. YUM!<\/p>","CommentId":5,"DateRated":"12\/12\/2010 22:03","GUID":"78C49AFF065240839793FC30B94DB66C","MemberId":1821551,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"snartietoot","SubmittedDate":"12\/12\/2010 22:03"},{"Comment":"

I made these for my daughter's preschool class. 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