Children love baking and children love Halloween. So making Halloween cookies with this recipe from the Taste of Home web site is always a fun activity to do with little ones in October. Allow the children to help with every step of making cookies from collecting the ingredients, measuring, mixing, rolling the dough, using cookie cutters and decorating the Halloween treats.
You Will Need:
1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 large egg, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt Halloween Cookie CuttersFROSTING:
3-3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar 1/4 cup shortening 4 to 6 tablespoons water
Optional: Yellow, orange, green and black paste food coloring
What to Do:
1. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and blended. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Shape dough into 2 portions. Shape each into a disk; wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll.
2. Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. Halloween-shaped cookie cutters. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
3. In a large bowl, beat confectioners’ sugar, shortening and enough water to reach spreading consistency. Tint frosting and decorate as desired. Let stand until
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