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Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies

Treat your family with a perfect Halloween dessert - colorful cookies made with Gold Medal® all-purpose flour and pumpkin pie spice.

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• ½ cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Assorted candies, nuts and miniature semisweet chocolate chips, if desired
• 6 cups powdered sugar
• 2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/3 cup frozen (thawed) orange juice concentrate
• Green, yellow and red food colors

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, mix brown sugar, 1 cup butter, the shortening and eggs until well blended. Stir in flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and salt.
2. On lightly floured surface, roll 1/4 of dough at a time to 1/4-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut with 3-inch pumpkin-shaped or round cookie cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4. In large bowl, mix powdered sugar and 2/3 cup butter until smooth. Stir in juice concentrate. Place 1/3 cup frosting in small bowl; add green food color until desired color for stems. To remaining frosting, add 2 drops yellow food color for every 1 drop red food color for desired shade of orange. Generously frost cookies with orange frosting. Frost stems with green frosting. Make jack-o'-lantern faces with candies.

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