Course | Category | Base Ingredient | Prep Time | Prep Style | Difficulty |
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Desserts | Dairy | All-purpose Flour | 2 Hours 30 Minutes | Bake | Intermediate |
In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, 2 eggs, milk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla until well blended.
Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; add to butter mix, mixing until well blended. Refrigerate dough 1-2 hours.
Lightly grease cookie sheets. Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheets. Press thumb gently in center of each cookie.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheets to wire rack. Cool completely.
Green and Orange Frosting:
In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, softened butter, 2 tablespoons of milk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Beat on high until smooth. Remove 2 tablespoons and tint this with green food color; set aside.
Add freshly grated orange peel to remaining icing and use red and yellow food coloring to make orange. Spoon about 1/4 tsp orange frosting in each thumbprint cookie. Decorate with green filling to look like stem of a pumpkin.
To make Ghost Cookies:
Make icing and omit food coloring and orange peel. Decorate cookies to look like ghosts.
Level of Difficulty: Preparation Style: Preparation Time: Process Time: Overall Time: |
Intermediate Bake 2 Hours 30 Minutes 2 Hours 30 Minutes |