Eyeball Cookies

• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 2 Land O Lakes Eggs
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes Fat Free Half & Half
• 24 green maraschino cherries, drained, cut in half*
• Chocolate chips or cinnamon candies
• Red decorator gel, if desired

1. Heat oven to 400F.
2. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon in bowl; set aside.
3. Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1 cup butter in bowl.
4. Beat at medium speed until well mixed.
5. Add all remaining cookie ingredients; beat at low speed until well mixed.
6. Shape teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls.
7. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture.
8. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
9. Bake 7-9 minutes until or cookies are just beginning to brown.
10. Cool completely.
11. Combine powdered sugar, 1/3 cup butter and half & half in bowl.
12. Beat at medium speed until well mixed.
13. Place maraschino cherries onto paper towels; pat dry.
14. Spread about 1 teaspoon frosting onto center of each cookie.
15. Top with 1 cherry half, rounded-side up.
16. Press 1 chocolate chip, bottom-side up, into cherry hole.
17. Use decorator gel to make veins.
18. Store in loosely covered containers.
19. *Substitute green or red candied cherries.
20. You may be able to find blue, yellow or orange maraschino cherries in jars in some supermarkets.

sugar, ground cinnamon, sugar, butter, eggs, flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, powdered sugar, butter, maraschino cherries, chocolate chips, red decorator gel

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1534/eyeball-cookies (may not work)