Jack-o'-Lantern Sugar Cookies

Name: Jack-o'-Lantern Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 25
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 25 servings Candy corn; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 large egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 25 servings Red and black licorice laces; 4 Tbsps milk; 25 servings Green and orange food coloring; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 79 milliliters unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 79 milliliters vegetable shortening

Jack-o'-Lantern Sugar Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 306 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 25. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 25 minutes. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up orange food coloring, egg, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Make cookies: In a small bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and shortening until well combined.

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Shortening

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add sugar; beat until light, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg, then vanilla. Stop mixer and scrape down sides and bottom of bowl. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture until just combined. Scrape down bowl and mix again until dough forms.

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Vanilla

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

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Blender

Bowl

Place dough in a large ziplock bag and seal bag.

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Dough

Roll out dough in bag to 1/4-inch thickness. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

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Dough

Roll

Preheat oven to 375F. Gently open ziplock bag and cut away 2 sides, then peel bag away from top of dough (as though opening a book). Flip dough out onto a lightly floured surface and peel away remaining plastic.

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Dough

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Oven

Cut with a 4-inch pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter and place 4 cookies each on 2 ungreased baking sheets.

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Pumpkin

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Baking Sheet

Cookie Cutter

Bake until edges are firm and turning golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes, switching sheets halfway through.

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Oven

Let cool on baking sheets on wire racks for 5 minutes, then remove cookies to racks to cool completely.

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Baking Sheet

Make icing: In a bowl, combine butter, milk and vanilla.

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Vanilla

Butter

Icing

Milk

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Bowl

Whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth (icing will be thin and pourable).

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Powdered Sugar

Icing

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Whisk

Transfer about 1/4 cup icing to a small bowl; dye with green food coloring. Dye remaining icing with orange food coloring. Spoon green icing onto pumpkin stems. Spoon orange icing over rest of cookies.

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Green Food Color