Halloween Cutout Cookies

A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Halloween Cutout Cookies.

AmericanChickenIntermediate65 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
84
  • 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)
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/4 teaspoon water

Instructions

  1. 1

    Beat powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.

  2. 2

    Stir in baking mix until soft dough forms.

  3. 3

    Divide dough in half.

  4. 4

    Mix yellow and red food colors into 1 half to make orange dough; mix cocoa into other half to make chocolate dough.

  5. 5

    Cover and refrigerate doughs separately 1 to 2 hours or until chilled.

  6. 6

    Heat oven to 400º.

  7. 7

    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.)

  8. 8

    Cut orange dough with 2- to 3-inch pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter and chocolate dough with medium-size cat-shaped cookie cutter.

  9. 9

    Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

  10. 10

    Prepare Egg Yolk Paint.

  11. 11

    Paint faces on pumpkins and cats.

  12. 12

    Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until edges are light brown.

  13. 13

    Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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