Best Halloween cookie recipe?

Question

Hi Im looking for a really cool recipe to bake for my students at school. If you have any delicious receipes for cookies please post here. best recipe wins 10 points. I'm looking for a unique and great tasting recipe. Id appreciate it very much!

I would like very original receipes of your own not taken from a website but pretty much your own recipe which you may have got from another recipe but made some changes and its tried and tested.

Answer 1

Jack-O-Lantern Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon milk
orange and green food coloring
1 package hard lemon drops, about 5 ounces, crushed *
Preheat oven to 350°. Cover 3 cookie sheets with foil. In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, beating until smooth. Beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Add milk if batter is too stiff. Color all but 1/8 of dough orange and color rest green. Using orange dough, shape into 1-inch balls; flatten with hand to make a pumpkin shape. Place on cookie sheets . Roll small stems with the green dough; attach one to the top of each pumpkin. Carefully cut out wide spaces for the eyes, nose and mouth with a knife. Fill holes in with crushed lemon candy. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until done but not browned.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes and carefully peel off foil.
* Crush lemon drops in food processor. If mixture becomes sticky, add a little powdered sugar while chopping.
http://southernfood.about.com/od/halloween/r/blhw1h3.htm

Spidery Cookie Wreaths
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-3/4 cups flour
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans or almonds
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/4 teaspoon orange paste food coloring
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
Milk
Red cinnamon candies or miniature candy-coated semisweet chocolate pieces (optional)

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or until softened. Add the sugar and baking powder. Beat until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in remaining flour.

2. Place half of the dough in a small mixing bowl. Stir in the pecans or almonds; set aside. To the remaining dough, knead in the orange peel and food coloring. Cover and chill both portions of dough about 30 minutes or until easy to handle.

3. On a lightly floured surface, shape each dough portion into a 12-inch-long log. Cut each log into twenty-four 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Roll each piece into a 6-inch-long rope. If necessary, cover and chill ropes for 10 to 15 minutes if soft and difficult to work with. Place a white and an orange rope side by side and twist together 5 or 6 times. Shape into a circle, gently pinching together the ends. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, leaving 2 inches between cookies. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on cookie sheet about 1 minute, then remove and cool thoroughly on a wire rack.

4. In a small mixing bowl, stir together sifted powdered sugar and enough milk to make an icing of piping consistency. Tint with desired colors of paste or liquid food coloring.

5. Using a decorating bag and writing tip #2, pipe icing into various-size spiders randomly on cookies. If desired, use red cinnamon candies, or candy-coated chocolate pieces for the body of the spider. Use a dab of icing to hold body on cookies. Let cookies stand until icing is set. Makes 24 cookies
http://recipes.bhg.com/recipes/recipedetail.jsp?recipeId=36918

Puzzle Cookies
http://recipes.bhg.com/recipes/recipedetail.jsp?recipeId=38653
Halloween Eyeball Cookies
http://halloween.betterrecipes.com/halloweeneyeballcookies.html
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
http://halloween.betterrecipes.com/pumpkinoatmealcookies.html
Scarecrow Cookies
http://halloween.betterrecipes.com/scarecrowcookies.html
Owl Cookies
http://southernfood.about.com/cs/cookierecipes/a/bl30930cc.htm
Ghostly Pumpkin Cookies - Pumpkin Cookie Recipe
http://southernfood.about.com/od/halloween/r/blhw1h6.htm
Halloween Cobweb Cookies
http://southernfood.about.com/od/halloween/r/blhw3h2.htm

Answer 2

Halloween Recipes - Halloween Cookie Pizza
Halloween Cookie Pizza

Ingredients
. 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
. 1/2 cup butter flavor shortening
. 1 egg
. 1 tablespoon water
. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
. 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
. 1/4 teaspoon salt
. 1 cup REESE’S Peanut Butter Chips
. 1 cup miniature marshmallows
. 1/2 cup HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
. 1/2 cup chopped pecans
. CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE (recipe follows)
. ORANGE DRIZZLE (recipe follows)

Instructions
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-inch round pizza pan.*

2. Beat brown sugar and shortening in large bowl on medium speed of
mixer until creamy. Add egg, water and vanilla; beat well. Stir
together flour, baking soda and salt; add to sugar mixture, beating
on low speed until well blended. Stir in peanut butter chips. Spread
batter into prepared pan to within 1/2 inch of edge.

3. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until set. Remove from oven. Sprinkle
marshmallows, chocolate chips and pecans over top. Return to oven.
Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until marshmallows are lightly browned. Cool
completely.

4. Drizzle CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE over top. Drizzle ORANGE DRIZZLE over
chocolate. Let stand about 1 hour until drizzles set. Cut into
wedges. 16 servings.

CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE: Combine 1/4 cup HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Chips and 1-1/2 teaspoons butter flavor shortening in small
microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) 1 minute; stir. If
necessary, microwave at MEDIUM an additional 15 seconds at a time,
stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when
stirred.

ORANGE DRIZZLE: Combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon water,
3 drops yellow food color and 2 drops red food color in small bowl;
stir until well blended.

* Cookie pizza can be baked in 13×9x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 375°
F. 15 to 18 minutes or until set.

Answer 3

look for the peanut butter recipe , the one where you put the hershey's kiss in the middle so it resembles a witche's hat

Answer 4

Go to www.hersheys.com/recipes keyword halloween
This site has quite a few