Mummy and ghost cookies

"A treat for the grandkids at halloween.Family loves them."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
15
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ingredients

  • 1 package chocolate chunk brownie mix
  • 4.92 ml unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 59.14 ml water
  • 118.29-177.44 ml all-purpose flour
  • 450 g container vanilla frosting
  • 14.79 ml mini chocolate chip
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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350F degrees (160C degrees).
  • Pour brownie mix into a large bowl.
  • For more chocolatey flavour, stir in cocoa powder.
  • Using a wooden spoon, stir in egg and water until mixture is smooth and all lumps are gone.
  • Stir in flour, 1/4 cup at a time.
  • mixing well after each addition and adding just enough flour so the bater is quite stiff, like dough.
  • Depending on brownie mix, you may not need last 1/4 cup flour.
  • For mummy`s body, roll 1 rounded tbsp dough into a 3 1/2 inch-long carrot shape.
  • For head, roll 1 rounede tsp.
  • dough into a grape shape, then prees onto wide end of mummy`s body.
  • Place on a greases cookie sheet.
  • Repeat with remaining dough, leaving 1/2 inch space between shapes.
  • For ghosts roll 1 rounded tbsp.
  • dough into a ball, place on a greased cookie sheet and gently flatten.
  • Using your thumb and index finger, shape into a triangle.
  • For head, roll 1 rounded tsp dough into a ball and place on tip of triangle.
  • prees down and seal head to body.
  • Repeat until all dough is used up.
  • Bake in center of 350F degrees oven until cookies feal firm to touch, from 10-12 min.
  • Remove from oven and immediately place cookies on a cookie rack.
  • Cookies will be cracked a little, but will be covered in frosting.
  • When cool, for mummy`s, spread 1 1/2 tbsp frosting over each cookie.
  • To create a"bandage" effect, swirl your finger or a toothpick through frosting, moving left to right, starting at head and moving toward bottom.
  • Use chocolate chips for eyes, for ghosts, slihtly melt i cup frosting in a microwave on high for 20-30 seconds , then spread over entire surface of cookie.
  • This will give a glossy effect and ghostly shimmer.
  • Makes 15 cookies.

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  1. The cookies were great......
     
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