Angel Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (20 oz.) roll Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookies
72 small pretzel twist (10 oz. pkg.)
colored sugar

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
For easier slicing and shaping work with half roll of well chilled dough at a time.
Refrigerate remaining dough until needed.
Slice dough into 1/4-inch slices.
For each angel, cut narrow strip from 2 sides of slice, forming a triangle. Roll strips into ball.
Place triangle on ungreased cookie sheet. To form wings, place 2 pretzels on either side of top point of triangle, making sure single hold side of pretzel touches dough. Place ball on top of triangle to form head; press with finger to flatten.
Repeat with remaining dough slices and pretzels, placing 2-inches apart on cookie sheet.
Sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 7 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown.
Cool 1 minute.
Remove from cookie sheet.
Decorate as desired.
Makes 3 dozen cookies.