Jack-o'-Lantern Sandwiches Recipe

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Be prepared for happy faces when you make these eye-catching jack-o'-lanterns from CT's cooks. They loaded the sandwiches with flavorful fillings, then easily formed fun pumpkin shapes using cookie cutters.

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Jack-o'-Lantern Sandwiches Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Italian salad dressing mix
16 slices whole wheat or white bread
8 slices American cheese
1 pound shaved deli chicken or turkey
8 lettuce leaves

Directions

In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise and salad dressing mix; spread over one side of each slice of bread. Top half of the slices with cheese, chicken and lettuce. Top with remaining bread.
Cut sandwiches with a 4-in. pumpkin-shaped cutter. Remove top slice; cut out eyes and nose with a small triangle cutter. Use cutout pieces for mouth. Yield: 8 servings.

Originally published as Jack-o'-Lantern Sandwiches in Country Woman September/October 2001, p9

Halloween Punch

Hosting a Halloween party? You can make a tasty black punch by mixing grape and orange Kool-Aid. I like to use the unsweetened kind. —Merrill Powers, Spearville, Kansas