Chick Sugar Cookies

Ingredients 1 (16.5 oz) roll Pillsbury® Sugar Cookie dough 32 mini chocolate chips Lemon Frosting 1/3 cup butter, softened 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice* 1/2 tsp lemon extract 1 1/2 - 2 Tbsp heavy cream Yellow and orange (or red) food coloring

Prepare cookies according to directions listed on package. Allow to cool completely. For the lemon frosting: In a mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment), blend togther butter and 1 cup powdered sugar. Mix in lemon juice and lemon extract. Then add remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and blend in enough cream to reach a desired consistency. Scoop out about 1/4 cup of the frosting and place in a separate bowl and tint orange (with orange food coloring or red and yellow food coloring).

Tint remaining frosting in mixing bowl yellow. To decorate cookies: Frost a round of yellow over each cookie, leaving a small rim along edge uncovered. Add two chocolate chips for eyes, then using a piping bag fitted with a Wilton 3 tip, pipe beaks and feet on each cookie. In a separate piping bag fitted with a Wilton 3 tip, add remaining yellow frosting and pipe two wings on each cookie.

Store cookies in a single layer in an airtight container. *The frosting can also be made into vanilla frosting if preferred. Simply replace the lemon juice with milk and replace the lemon extract with 1 tsp vanilla.