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Show LindaSue's Corner Takes No Tricks To Make These Treats Irish settlers brought the custom of Halloween and its symbols to this country in the late 19th century, and Americans have been celebrating it ever since. It takes no tricks to make specially-shaped cookies for your own Halloween celebrations. All you need is ready-to-slice . refrigerated cookie dough and directions to cut and shape pumpkin, owl and cat figures. After baking, allow cookies to cool. Then use your own creativity to decorate cookies with . frosting and candies. . Halloween Cookies 1 roll refrigerated sugar (17 oz) or natural chocolate flavored chocolate chip ready to slice cookie dough. Buttercream frosting, tinted to desired colors. Slice well-chilled cookie dough, into 14-inch slices. Shape cookies as directed below on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on rack before decorating. Pumpkin Use 1 slice. Cut small pie-shaped wedge out of slice to form stem of pumpkin. Push remaining slice back together where wedge was removed. On cookie sheet, place wedge, pointed-end out, on top of slice. Bake; cool on rack. Owl Use 2 slices. Cut bottom 13 off each slice. Place the remaining 23 slices, cut sides together to form head and body. Cut one, 13 slice in half to form legs. Attach . legs, pointed-end down, to body. Place remaining 13 slice lengthwise under legs and shape to form branch. Bake; cool on rack. Cat Use 2 slices. Cut botoom 13 off one slice. Cut 13 slice into 3 equal wedges. Roll remaining 23 slice into ball to form head. Place ball 14 inch above whole slice to form head and body. Attach . 2 wedges to ball, pointed-ends pointed-ends out, and shape slightly to form ears. Attach remaining remain-ing wedge to body, pointed-end pointed-end out. to form tail. Bake; cook on rack. QQ |