Hot Dog Cookies

Yield: 16

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Red and green food coloring
• 3 tablespoons flaked coconut
• Yellow decorator's frosting

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
2. Beat in flour and vanilla extract.
3. Remove 1 cup dough; add red food coloring and knead until well combined.
4. Cover and refrigerate remaining dough for 1 hour.
5. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
6. For hot dogs, divide red dough into 16 portions. Shape into 2 1/2 inch logs and round the ends; set aside.
7. Divide plain dough into 16 portions. Shape into 3-inch logs; make a very deep lengthwise groove in each. Smooth edges to form buns. Place 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Place hot dogs in buns.
8. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
9. Cool.
10. Meanwhile, for pickle relish, combine coconut and green food coloring in a resealable plastic bag; shake well. Sprinkle over hotdogs. For mustard pipe a stripe of yellow frosting down the center of each.

Attribution

Taste of Home's Quick Cooking magazine, July/August 2000