Halloween Cutout Cookies | Cookie Recipes

Halloween Cutout Cookies | Cookie Recipes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
4 cups Bisquick® Original baking mix
11 drops yellow food color
7 drops red food color
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
Egg Yolk Paint -- (recipe follows)
EGG YOLK PAINT
1 egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon water
Food colors
Beat powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with
electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in baking mix
until soft dough forms. Divide dough in half. Mix yellow and red food
colors into 1 half to make orange dough; mix cocoa into other half to
make chocolate dough. Cover and refrigerate doughs separately 1 to 2
hours or until chilled.
Heat oven to 400º. Roll one-fourth of the dough at a time 1/8 inch
thick on floured cloth-covered surface. (Keep remaining dough
refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut orange dough with 2- to 3-inch
pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter and chocolate dough with medium-size
cat-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie
sheet.
Prepare Egg Yolk Paint. Paint faces on pumpkins and cats. Bake 5 to 7
minutes or until edges are light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to
wire rack.
EGG YOLK PAINT:
Mix egg yolk and water. Divide mixture among a few small custard
cups. Tint each with a different food color. If paint thickens while
standing, stir in a few drops water.