Halloween Thumbprint Cookies

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Ingredients

Directions

In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla until well blended.

Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; add to butter mix, mixing until Refrigerate dough 1-2 hours or until firm enough to handle.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls.

Place on cookie sheets. Press thumb gently in center of each cookies.

(You may need to coat finger with sugar for indentation to remain).

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheets to wire rack.

Cool completely.

Spoon about 1/4 tsp orange filling in each thumbprint.

Decorate with green filling to look like stem of a pumpkin.

Orand and Green Filling:

In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, softened butter, milk and vanilla.

Beat on high until smooth.

Remove scant 2 TB of filling. Tint this with green food color; set aside.

Add freshly grated orange peel to remaining icing and use red and yellow food coloring to make orange.

GHOST COOKIES: Make icing and omit food coloring and orange peel.

Decorate cookies to look like ghosts.