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Jumbo Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies

Every Halloween, I'd have a batch of these cookies waiting for my kids when they came home from school so they could decorate their own. Eventually, they started bringing friends home to join in the fun.

18 ServingsPrep: 25 min. Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
Orange and green decorating icing or vanilla frosting and orange and green gel food coloring

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars; add the egg and
vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt;
add to the creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin. Stir in
chocolate chips.
Drop by 1/4 cupfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Spread into
3-1/2-in. pumpkin shapes. Drop 1/2 teaspoon of dough at the top of
each for stem.
Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

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Jumbo Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies (continued)

Directions (continued)

Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
Create jack-o'-lantern faces on cookies with decorating icing or
tinted frosting. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 300 calories, 14 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 39 mg cholesterol, 249 mg sodium, 44 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.