Peanut Butter Owl Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter Owl Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 9 cookies.
Ingredients: 1 tube (18 ounces) refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 18 yellow candy coating disks; 18 semisweet chocolate chips; 9 pieces candy corn

'Who' wouldn't love these adorable cookies? Using a roll-out refrigerated cookie dough, chocolate-chip eyes and a candy-corn nose, they're a cinch to assemble. If you don't have chocolate chips on hand, use M&M's instead for a kid-friendly fall treat. -Test Kitchen

Ingredients

1 tube (18 ounces) refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
18 yellow candy coating disks
18 semisweet chocolate chips
9 pieces candy corn

Directions

In a large bowl, beat cookie dough and flour until combined. Set aside 4-1/2 teaspoons of dough for the ears. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls into nine mounds 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Coat the bottom of a glass with cooking spray; flatten dough with glass to about 1/8-in. thickness.
Position two candy coating disks on each cookie for eyes. Place a chocolate chip on each disk. Use 1/4 teaspoon of reserved dough to shape each ear; position on top of head.
Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately position a piece of candy corn on each cookie for beak. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Originally published as Owl Cookies in Quick Cooking September/October 2005