Great Ghost Pumpkin Cookies
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 20 Categories:
Cookies
/
Desserts
Ingredients: 2
cups
Flour 1
cup
Quick oats,
un-cooked
1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1
teaspoon
Cinnamon 1/2
teaspoon
Salt 1
cup
Butter or margarine,
softened
1
cup
Brown sugar,
packed
1
cup
Granulated sugar 1
Egg,
slightly beaten
1
teaspoon
Vanilla 1
cup
Libby's solid-pack pumpkin 1
cup
Semi-sweet morsels
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition. Stir in morsels.
For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet; spread dough into a ghost shape using a thin metal spatula. Or make a qiuck ghost pattern of heavy paper. Make 2 or three poses for realism. Bake 20-25 minutes, til cookies are firm and lightly browned.Remove from cookie sheets; cool on racks. Spread with white royal icing. Trim brown face features with tube-icing.
Source: Magazine, newsletter Oct '89 Dolores McCann BSWN00A
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