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Tombstone Treats
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 45 min. Bake: 10 min. + cooling
YIELD: 16 treats.
My brother loves Rice Krispies squares, and my mom loves sugar cookies. I came up with a cute treat they'd both like.
Ingredients
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3 tablespoons butter
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4 cups miniature marshmallows
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7-1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
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1 tube (16-1/2 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
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2/3 cup all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon water
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4 drops green food coloring
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1-1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
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Black paste food coloring
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Vanilla frosting
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Brown decorating icing
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1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
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Candy pumpkins
Directions
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1.
In a large saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Stir in marshmallows until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in cereal until well coated. With a buttered spatula, press into a greased 13x9-in. pan. Cool.
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2.
Beat cookie dough and flour until combined. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Using a 2-in. tombstone-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 16 tombstones from dough. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
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3.
Along bottom edge of each cookie, insert 2 toothpicks halfway into dough. Bake at 350° until edges are golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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4.
Place water and green food coloring in a bowl. Add coconut; cover and shake or toss to coat. Toast coconut in a shallow pan in a 350° oven for 5-10 minutes or cook in a skillet over low heat until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Using black paste food coloring, tint frosting gray. Frost sugar cookies; decorate with brown decorating icing.
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5.
Cut cereal bars into 3x2-in. rectangles; spread with melted chocolate chips. Using toothpicks, insert cookies into cereal bars. Decorate with coconut and candies as desired.
Nutrition Facts
1 treat: 358 calories, 15g fat (8g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 306mg sodium, 55g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.
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