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Halloween Cookie Recipe

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These chocolate cutout cookies with buttercream frosting are sure to be a trick or treat favorite.

Halloween Cookie Recipe (+)

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
Add milk, vanilla and egg, mix well.
Add flour, cocoa, melted chocolate, baking powder and baking soda. Blend until smooth.
Divide dough into two and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°.
Roll out one dough onto lightly floured surface to approximately 1/8 inch thick.
Using an approximate 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter, cut as many rounds from the dough as possible.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Cut out center of half of the cookies with any Halloween shaped 1-inch cookie cutter.
Bake all for approximately 10 minutes or until set.
Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.
Repeat until all of the dough has been used.
While cookies are cooling, make the frosting.
Combine powdered sugar, butter and vanilla in a small bowl. Mix on low speed and gradually add the milk until the frosting is the consistency you like.
Add any color of food coloring desired and mix.
Spread 2 teaspoons of frosting on each cookie bottom, top with cut-out cookie.
Allow to set before serving.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Serving Description: 1 cookie

Servings: 36

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Ingredients

-		1 cup butter, softened
-		1 cup granulated sugar
-		1/4 cup milk
-		1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-		1 large egg
-		2 3/4 cups flour
-		1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
-		1 square unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
-		3/4 teaspoon baking powder
-		1/4 teaspoon baking soda

		FROSTING
-		4 cups powdered sugar
-		1/2 cup butter, softened
-		2 teaspoons vanilla
-		2 tablespoons milk
		desired food coloring

Halloween Cookie recipe - Ratings & Reviews

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Submitted by: jwc
Date: 2007/10/30

"These cookies are so cute. My kids loved them! They would even be cute for Christmas."

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