Werewolf Paws

Submitted by Food.com

"Basic sugar cookies transform into these fearsome claws with a little help from the full moon."

 

• Ready In: 46mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 6 cookies

ingredients

• Cookies

• 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup buttermilk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄3 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg

• Frosting

• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 2⁄3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 30 cashews

directions

1. Cookies:

2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
4. In small bowl, mix together buttermilk and vanilla.
5. Beat butter and white sugar together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer for about 3 minutes or until evenly distributed and light in color. Add egg to butter and sugar mixture and beat until blended. Gradually mix in flour mixture one cup at a time, adding buttermilk mixture between each cup of flour, mix until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
6. Drop leveled 1/4-cups of batter onto a greased baking sheet. Bake on middle rack for 14-16 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown.
7. Allow cookies to cool completely before icing.

8. Frosting:

9. In a mixing bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar and cocoa, mixing well. Add milk in 2 portions, stirring each time. Add vanilla extract.
10. Prepare a pastry bag with a multi-opening/ grass tip, fill with the frosting and close tightly with a rubber band. Hold the tip vertically over the cookie, squeeze and pull up quickly. Repeat to cover the whole cookie.
11. Press 5 cashews into each cookie to form claws.