Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies

• 1 recipe of oatmeal chocolate-chip cookie dough (this is enough for 2 jack-o’-lanterns)
• Cookie decorations, including icing
• A medium-sized metal bowl that is ovenproof, aluminum foil, a table knife, a small, heavy plastic bag, scissors

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).

Line the inside of the bowl with aluminum foil. Fold any extra aluminum foil over the edges. Cover the

inside of the bowl with a layer of dough a little more than 0.5 cm (1⁄4 in.) thick. Working from the bottom of the bowl, pat the dough in place. Smooth the top edge of the dough with the table knife and your fingers.

Using the table knife, cut out a jack-o’-lantern face from the dough.

Bake the dough in the bowl for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. If the edges brown too quickly, cover them with foil. Remove from the oven. Recut any bits of the face that have filled in — the bowl will be very

hot, so ask an adult to help you. Leave the jack-o’-lantern in the bowl to cool completely.

When cool, gently remove the jack-o’-lantern from the bowl, turn it over and peel off the aluminum foil.

Half fill the plastic bag with icing and snip off one corner. Pipe designs onto the jack-o’-lantern face or use the icing to glue decorations in place.

Options: Make a cookie bowl to hold candies,brownies or even more cookies. If youlike, decorate the outside and scallopthe edge of the bowl.

Look at a more detailed version of this craft.

This craft is from Bake It and Build It by Elizabeth MacLeod. Available from Kids Can Press.