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Show 2A ,oct Doily Herald ,,. Young Goblins m and Ghosts Will be Calling Soon for Annual Treats Fill r' , v$jtVm :',, ".. """"' - j,'- -' Cookie Jar For Little Visitors i 'y It's that time of year when all manner of ghosties and good-- ; ies are planning to get together on doorsteps across the country. Be a sorceress in the kitchen! and surprise the small spooks who ring your doorbell with a homemade hobgoblin from your cookie jar. j pi ' , t ' - .v 11)11 V ? 1 with a colorful ribbon. This will prevent "splintered spooks" at the bottom of a "trick or a well known treat" bag Halloween hazard. ... MOLASSES HOBGOBLIN COOKIES 4 cups sifted flour soda roll-obaking teaspoon molasses spicy cookie and decorative icing Vi teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground ginger to are that recipes preeasy pare . . . and nutritious as well 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 is the answer. teaspoon ground cinnamon Let your youngsters join in Vi teaspoon ground allspice the fun of making the Hallo- Vi teaspoon ground cloves 3A cup butter ween treats. Using the cookie n characters pictured as a guide, & cup firmly packed sugar and can cut patthey design terns out of cardboard or stiff 1 cup Molasses A - y ;a-- v 44i y" light-brow- 1 paper. Some imaginative children will have fun conjuring up their own host of ghosts. For the younger children, you might and supply some magazines newspapers. Let them clip out the characters they would like to make in cookie dough. These cutouts can easily be traced on the pattern cardboard by young hands. Make the cookie dough a3 directed. Following the instruc tions, roll out the cookie dough and trace around the patterns with a pointed knife. Next, lift the scraps of dough carefully away from the outlined char acters. These scraps can be put together and rolled out to make additional cookies. When the hobgoblin cookies are baked and they are ready to be gaily decorated. Your youngsters will enjoy this step too. LOOKING TOUGH, but just a cupcake underneath is this Halloween Tiger. round cake layer, plus several cupcakes and cookie Well, actually a ears. Young cooks will enjoy frosting the cake and decorating with stripes of plain and tinted flaked coconut. well-coole- . Simply equip each cookie wiz Halloween Tiger Tricky Treat coloring. Use remaining coco-loonut to form eyes and to sprinkle over cheeks, chin, ears, tip of! forehead, and snout. Sprinkle deep orange coconut ove: the plain coconut for stripes. Use r i ii m, nH tropins' vnur rhil-- 1 uconce sinps ior mouui aim to outline and eyes drer. might invite a'few friends whiskers, snout- - place gumdrop n" tho house for Dclasses of a n at base of eyes and snout cider or chocolate milk, and a halves 10 servings. rakes Cake. No, piece of Tiger Cut-U- p Minute Frosting . Four cutting1 intricate fancy pans or needed for this cool cake. Even 1 egg white the junior cooks in your kitchen i cup sugar can assemble and decorate it. Dash of salt round lay- 3 The base is a water tablespoons er cake, built up with cupcakes. 1 teaspoon light corn syrup Tender flaked coconut covers V4 teaspoon vanilla the fluffy pale orange frosting. combine egg wmte. sugar. It you haven't young children san water flnH Mrn .vnm fn -- , - icw :i f....l in your iamny, uoiruw for Halloween. Any excuse to put this Tiger on your table. CAKE TIGER CUT-U- P cake 1 cooled baked Here's a Halloween Tiger that tough, but is plenty tender underneath! And who could re-list those gumdrop eyes and catty licorice whiskers? After some early evening . ' '-- -r top of small double boiler or in small bowl. Beat with electric mixer or rotary beater until about 1 thoroughly mixed minute. Place over boiling wa ter and beat constantly at high speed of electric mixer (or with rotary beater) until frosting stands in stiff peaks about 4 minutes, stirring frosting up from bottom and sides of pan occasionally with rubber scrap er, spatula, or spoon. Remove from boiling water. For a very smooth and satiny frosting, pour at once into ard with paint brushes, a pastry brush or rubber spatula, and a cake decorator or cone of waxed paper with the point snipped off. Then, supply a color palette consisting of small dishes o "Ghost Glaze," Licorice Frosting, and Egg Paint in an assortment of be witching colon. Each of these icings are easy to make and good to eat. Licorice frosting is great for the bats and cats and the witches hat. The ghost will turn white as a sheet with Ghost Glaze, and the pumpkin and harvest moon should be frosted in yellow egg paint. The scarecrow and broomstick can be iced in a Variety of egg paint Dark-As-Nig- ht egg Sift flour with baking soda, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and cloves onto waxed paper; set mixture aside. In large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar; add molasses and egg, and mix until well blended. blend in flour mix- Thoroughly ture. With hands, divide dough into four balls; wrap each in plastic film or waxed paper. Chill in refrigerator for 5 hours or longer. Meanwhile, cut ghosts, black cats, witches' riding brooms, pumpkins, scarecrows and bat patterns out of card board or stiff paper. Remove one ball of the dough from refrigerator, and place on lightly floured board. With floured rolling pin, roll out dough to yvinch thickness. Cut out characters using prepared patterns; brush off any visible flour. Place cookies, apart on greased cookie sheet. Continue process with remaining balls of dough keeping unused dough refrigerated until ready to use. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Be careful not to over-bak- e the cookies. With spatula, remove to wire rack; let cooi completely. Decorate gingerbread charac ters using the following frosting or egg-pairecipes. nt HOBGOBLIN COOKIE JAR featuring ghosts, scarecrows, black cats, pump- -' kins, bats and witches' brooms and hat3 is easy and fun to prepare. Cookies are made with molasses and iced with "Ghost Glaze," "Dark As Night Licorice Frosting" and colorful Egg Paint. Vi cup broken bits of soft licorice twist or string candy cup water Approximately sugar, stirring until the mix ture reaches a spreading consistency; add more sugar if mixture doesn't spread easily. Brush on cookies. Let iced cookies dry at room tempera, ture before wrapping. 1 cup confectioners sugar Bring licorice candy to boil EGG PAINT with Vt cup water, stirring constantly until candy melts com 1 egg yolk pletely into water. Beat in about 1 teaspoon water 1 cup of sifted confectioners' Assorted food coloring colors. Mix egg yolk and water; divide into a few small cups. Add a few drops of food coloring to each, making different colors of paint with different shades fo food coloring. Mix to desired tones of color. Supply a small, clean paint brush for each color. Let painted cookies dry at room temperature before wrapping. GHOST GLAZE cups confectioners' sugar y cup light cream Beat sugar and cream together until they make a thick paste. Brush on cookies or use in cake decorator or waxed paper cone. Let iced cookies dry at room temperature before large bowl for final beating. Add colors. vanilla and beat until thick Let the icings dry well, and wrapping. about 1 then cover each spooky cookie enough to spread minute. Makes 2 cups frosting. wIlli plastic wrap gaily tied LICORICE FROSTING 2 DEER HUNTER'S SPECIALS LEAN SLAB FRESH MEDIUM BACON and EGGS DARK-AS-NIGH- T 2-L- 2-D- BS. j layer 9 cooled baked cupcakes 2 chocolate wafer cookies 1 ffll large marshmallow Four Minute Frosting Red and yellow food coloring (about) flaked coconut Thin licorice strips 3 small licorice gumdrops, cut in half Place cake layer on serving platter or large tray. Cut cupcakes in half vertically and place cut sides next to bottom of cake in pairs to form cheeks and chin. For ears, cut slits at top of cake; insert cookies in slits. Place marshmallow on center of cake for snout. (See Hi cups Ml NO.l U EACH SPECIAL diagram.) Tint frosting a pale orange with a few drops each red and yollow food coloring. 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