Description
Simple, festive cookies shaped like jack-o’-lanterns using milk chocolate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- Orange food coloring gel
- Black decorating gel or icing
Instructions
- Cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.
- Divide the dough in half. Add a few drops of orange food coloring gel to one half and mix until the color is uniform. Leave the other half plain.
- Gently fold the milk chocolate chips into the orange dough.
- Wrap both dough halves in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll out the orange dough to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out pumpkin shapes using a cookie cutter.
- Roll out the plain dough to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out smaller circles or use a small cutter for the eyes and mouth shapes.
- Place the pumpkin shapes on the prepared baking sheets. Place small pieces of the plain dough onto the orange dough to form eyes and a mouth, or use a small knife to cut out shapes from the orange dough and fill the holes with small pieces of the plain dough.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, use black decorating gel or icing to draw details onto the jack-o’-lantern faces if desired.
Notes
- For a smoother dough, chill the dough for an extra 30 minutes.
- You can use a small round tip to pipe the facial features instead of cutting shapes.
- Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 15
- Sodium: 90
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 22
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 30
Keywords: milk chocolate, jack o lantern, cookies, Halloween, pumpkin, sugar cookie