Gobble Gobble-Up Sugar Cookies
www.pillsbury.com
Ingredients:
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter, softened (at room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 container (16 oz) chocolate creamy frosting
- Candy corn
- Orange decorating icing (with a fine tip)
- 1 bag Mini M&M’s Candy
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until it becomes a smooth consistency.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Stir in the dry ingredients from the small bowl.
- Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.
- Let stand on cookie sheet 2 minutes.
- Cool completely on wire racks, about 20 minutes.
- Empty chocolate frosting into one corner of a re-sealable food-storage plastic bag and seal the bag. Cut a small hole at the bottom corner where the frosting was directed. On each cookie, pipe frosting on the outer edge of half the cookie. (The edge with the frosting becomes the top of the cookie) Arrange candy corn pointy end down across frosting to create feathers.
- Pipe orange icing onto each cookie to create a turkey beak (arrow head pointed down) and turkey feet (each shaped like a pitch fork). Use orange icing to attach two Mini M&Ms to turkey face for eyes. For centers of eyes, dip a toothpick into remaining chocolate frosting and add atop candy.
“Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely, Chef Dave”
