Pillsbury Christmas Cookie Hack

It is so hard to walk by the Pillsbury ready made dough full of fun Christmas pictures. I mean they are tradition.  You need to have them at least once during the  holiday season and the kids always ask for them!  Turns out that they work seamlessly as a Christmassy center to my Chococolate Swirl Cookie dough. How cute are they?

I used the Pillsbury Christmas Cookies for the centre of the cookies and then rolled my Chocolate Swirl Cookie dough around them. This dough is a similar consistency and they bake up perfectly together. The dough is very versatile and you can add different flavors to the dough or just leave it plain and add sprinkles.  I added dutch processed cocoa to one third, black cocoa to one third and leave the other plain. I have had follower tell me they have added three kinds of hot chocolate powder as well. I have also make a Cookies and Cream (Oreo) version.

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Some of the cookies are a mixture of all three doughs and others are just surrounded in one kind of dough.  I baked them according to my Chocolate Swirl Cookie directions and they turned out perfect. They make for a great addition to a cookie tray! So next time you happen upon those Pillsbury Christmas Cookies, grab a pack and take them to the next level. 

Recipe

Pillsbury Christmas Cookie Hack

Store bought refrigerator cookies takes to a new level!

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Ingredients

  

• 1 package Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough
• 1 ½ cups flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon dutch processed cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon black cocoa powder
• sprinkles

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Beat together butter, sugar and brown sugar until creamy.
• Add egg and vanilla extract. Beat until well blended.
• Add flour, baking soda (and salt if using unsalted butter). Beat until dough forms a ball.
• Remove ball from mixing bowl and split into 3 equal portions.
• Add ⅓ cup of sprinkles to one of the dough balls.
• Add dutch processed cocoa to the second dough ball.
• Add black cocoa to the third dough ball.
• Roll small dough balls with each type of dough.
• Roll the dough balls into long logs. Roll the logs around premade Pillsbury Christmas Cookies.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges start to become golden.
• Move cookies to cooking rack.