Title: Glowing Jack-O-Lantern Cookies
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 24 Servings
1/2 | c | Butter |
1 | c | Granulated sugar |
1 | | Egg |
1 | ts | Vanilla |
2 | c | Flour |
2 | ts | Baking powder |
1/4 | ts | Salt |
1 | tb | Milk |
| | Orange and green food colori |
1 | pk | 5.5oz of lemon drops |
Preheat oven to 350~. Cover 3 cookie sheets with foil. Cream butter and
sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Add milk
if batter is too stiff. Color all but 1/8 of dough orange and color rest
green. Roll 1" balls from the orange dough and flatten with your hand to
make a pumpkin shape. Place on cookie sheets . Roll stems out of the green
dough and attach to the top of the " punkin". Carefully cut out wide spaces
for the eyes, nose and mouth with a knife. Fill holes in with crushed lemon
candy. Bake 8-10 minutes or until done. DO NOT ALLOW TO BROWN. Allow to
cool for 10 minutes and carefully peel off foil. Note; Crush lemon drops in
food processor. If mixture becomes stickey, add a little powdered sugar
while chopping.