Title: Pumpkin Patch Cookie Tops
Categories: Halloween Cookie
Yield: 4 Servings

		With Halloween right around
		The corner, I found those
		Following recipes and
		Thought they might interest
		Some of you.
		Pumpkin Patch Cookie Tops
		Cookie dough:
2 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Ground cinnemon
1	ts	Ground nutmeg
1/2	c	Margarine or butter,
		Softened
3/4	c	Maple syrup
1		Egg, lightly beaten
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1	c	Chopped walnuts or pekans
1	c	Solid pack pumpkin
		Wooden ice cream sticks
		Candied green cherries,
		Sliced

Colored Glazes; 2 cups sifted powdered sugar 2 to 3 tbsps. water food coloring, as desired

Chocolate Glaze: 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels 1 tbsp. margarine or butter

Garnish; Black string licorice pieces, gum drops or candy corn

For Cookie Dough: In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside. In large mixer bowl, cream margarine and

syrup for 1 minute. Beat in egg, vanilla and pumpkin until well blended. Add dry ingredientsto pumpkin mixture; mix well. Stir in walnuts. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. With spatula or back of spoon , flatten dough slightly. Insert a stick onto side of each uncooked cookie; place a cherrie slice at top of each for pumkin stems. Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 13 to 15 minutes ir until cookies spring back

when lightly touched. Remove from cookie sheets; cool on wire rack.Frost and decorate, as desired. Makes about 2 dozen cookies. Colored Glazes: In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and enough water to

make glaze consistency; add coloring as desired. Chocolate Glaze: In small saucepan, melt chocolate morsels and margarine over low heat, stirring constantly. Cool slightly. Pipe onto frosted cookies.

From: INGE FRONDA From: Pat Stockett Date: 10-16-96 (15:55) The Computer Workshop (40) Cooking

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