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Combine butter, sugar, egg, orange juice and vanilla in bowl.
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Beat at medium speed, until creamy.
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Add flour and baking powder.
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Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
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Divide dough into thirds.
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Shape each third into a ball; flatten slightly.
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Wrap each in plastic food wrap; refrigerate at least 2 hours until firm.
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Heat oven to 400F.
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Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, one-third at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8 to 1/4 inch thickness.
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Cut with 3-inch round ornament cookie cutter.
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Place 1-inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
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Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges just begin to turn lightly browned.
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Cool completely.
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Place candy coating in deep 1-quart saucepan.
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Cook over medium-low heat 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until melted.
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Remove from heat.
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Dip top one-third of a few cookies at a time into melted coating; shake off excess.
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Place onto waxed paper.
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Immediately, before coating hardens, decorate dipped portions to create hats.
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Repeat with remaining cookies.
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Decorate as desired using candies to create eyes, nose, cheeks and mouth.
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Attach candies to cookies with a dab of melted candy coating.
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Let stand 15 minutes to allow candy coating to harden.
