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Easy Chocolate Skeletons

Easy Chocolate Skeletons

Scare up some fun with these easy chocolate skeleton cookies!

45 min.prep time 3:30total time
2 1/2 dozen cookies
1 1 Rating

Ingredients

Cookie

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
1 Land O Lakes® All-Natural Egg
1 teaspoon vanilla

Icing

2 cups powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Half & Half or Fat Free Half & Half or milk

Directions

Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; set aside.

Combine sugar and butter in large bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture. Beat until well mixed.

Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a ball; flatten slightly. Wrap each in plastic food wrap. Chill until firm (at least 2 hours).

Heat oven to 375°F. Roll out dough, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with floured 2-inch gingerbread boy cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes or until cookies are just set. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets; remove to wire cooling rack. Cool completely.

Combine powdered sugar and enough half & half for desired piping consistency in small bowl; mix well. Spoon icing into pastry bag fitted with small round tip; pipe small circle for head. Pipe stick figure to form arms and legs and 2 short lines for ribs on body.

Recipe Tip

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- Mini chocolate chips can be used for ghost eyes and regular-size chocolate chips can be used for mouth.

- A resealable plastic food bag can be used instead of pastry bag. Snip small cut in one corner of bag; pipe icing through cut.

- This recipe can also be used to make footballs for game day. Cut with football-shaped cutters and outline the edges and pipe the laces with the white icing.

Nutrition Facts (1 cookie)

Calories: 140

Fat: 5g

Cholesterol: 20mg

Sodium: 75mg

Carbohydrates: 22g

Dietary Fiber: 1g

Protein: 1g

Recipe #14946©2011Land O'Lakes, Inc.

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