Eye Spy Cookies Recipe

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These cookies are reminiscent of old cartoons where eyes pop out in a dark room! They’re a cinch to make and doubly fun to decorate!—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Eye Spy Cookies Recipe

Prep: 45 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 96 Servings

45 10 55

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cornstarch
FROSTING/DECORATING:
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 teaspoons grated lemon peel
Neon purple and/or green food coloring
Miniature milk chocolate kisses

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Combine flour and cornstarch; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Roll into 3/4-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. With fingers, flatten to 1/4-in. thickness, forming eye shapes. For variety, shape some balls into logs, then flatten. Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For frosting, in a small bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Add enough lemon juice to achieve a spreading consistency. Beat in lemon peel. Tint frosting purple and/or neon green; frost cookies. Add kisses for pupils. Yield: 8 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 64 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 24 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Eye Spy Cookies in Halloween Party Favorites , p32