Pumpkin Chips | Halloween Pumpkin Cookies | MAKE-A-FACE Pumpkin Cookies | Halloween Cup Cales | Sugar Cookie Pumpkins | Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Chips
Instructions:
- Preheat your deep-frying oil to 375 degrees.
- Peel a pie pumpkin. Using a food processor, mandolin slicer, or rotary slicer, slice the pumpkin into thin slices—not more than 1/8-inch thick.
- Fry the chips a few at a time. Drain on paper towels. Salt to taste.
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Halloween Pumpkin Cookies
1 stick butter or margarine
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. cooked pumpkin or pie filling
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cream the butter and sugar together in bowl.
- Add egg, pumpkin and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add to bowl. Mix. Drop by tablespoon onto greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
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MAKE-A-FACE Pumpkin Cookies
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 cups bisquick® baking mix
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 egg
Assorted candies (licorice candy, candy-coated peanut butter candies, candy coated chocolate candies)
Instructions:
- Place waxed paper on microwavable plate. Mix all ingredients except candies until very soft dough forms.
- Drop dough by 2 rounded tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper; spread to make 3-inch circles. Makes 3 cookies at a time. Decorate with candies to make monster faces.
- Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute. Turn plate 1/2 turn. Microwave 30 seconds to 1 minute longer, checking once or twice until cookies are puffed and dry.
- Slide waxed paper with cookies onto wire rack. Cool 5 minutes; remove cookies waxed paper to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough. 9 or 10 cookies.
- NOTE : Time Saver: Use microwavable paper plates, and line them with waxed paper or parchment paper.
- Serve With : Decorating these cookies is a perfect activity for kids at a Halloween party. Serve with "brain juice: Add red cinnamon candies to hot apple juice, and stir until melted.
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Halloween Cup Cales
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat together 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/3 cup sugar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- Add 1 (6 ounce) package chocolate chips.
- Add 12 drops of yellow food coloring and 8 drops of red.
- Blend well; set aside.
- sift 1 and 1/2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in 1 cup water, 1/3 cup oil, and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Fill 15 cupcake liners 1/3 full with chocolate batter; drop 1 heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mix on top.
- Bake 30 minutes.
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Sugar Cookie Pumpkins
Ingredients:
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon
vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
baking powder
1 cookie decorator (in a 4 1/2 -ounce pressurized can)
Instructions:
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend together the butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs, vanilla, and 1 cup flour and mix well.
- By hand, fold the remaining flour, the baking soda, and the baking powder.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
- On a lightly floured board, roll out the dough until it is 1/8 inch thick. Cut out the cookies with a pumpkin shaped cookie cutter and place them on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven and let cool thoroughly before decorating. Makes 2 to 3 dozen cookies.
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Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients:
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon
ground cloves
1 cup fresh or canned pumpkin puree
3 eggs 1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
2 and 1/3 cups Bisquick
Pinch of ground nutmeg (optional)
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9- by 5-inch loaf
pan. In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon. Pour
the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Test with a knife-if the
knife comes out clean, the bread is ready. If not, put back in the oven for another
5-10 minutes. Cool before removing from the pan. Keep in a plastic bag, in a cover
dish in a cool location or in the refrigerator. When you are ready to serve, cut
into slices, then cut out slices with a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter and spread
with cream cheese or jam. Serves 12 to 18
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes.
- Test with a knife-if the knife comes out clean, the bread is ready. If not, put back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes.
- Cool before removing from the pan.
- Keep in a plastic bag, in a cover dish in a cool location or in the refrigerator.
- When you are ready to serve, cut into slices, then cut out slices with a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter and spread with cream cheese or jam. Serves 12 to 18
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