Sugar Cookie Scarecrow and Pumpkins Recipe

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Sugar Cookie Scarecrow and Pumpkins
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
411
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and extracts. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.
  2. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut into two 4-in. squares, four 4-in. x 2-in. rectangles, a 5-in. x 1-1/2-in. rectangle and 3-in. x 3/4-in. rectangle. Place the 5-in. and 3-in. rectangles together on a ungreased baking sheet to form scarecrow's hat.
  3. Place remaining pieces 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Round edges of one 4-in. square to form scarecrow's head. With a straw or toothpick, make holes so cookie pieces can be attached later with ribbon (there should be one hole in hat, two holes in head, five holes on 4-in. body and one hole in each arm and leg). Cut out remaining dough with a 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter for pumpkin cookies. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
  4. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately remove small round cookies to wire racks to cool. With straw or toothpick, reopen holes in scarecrow pieces. Carefully remove scarecrow pieces to wire racks.
  5. Place a tablespoon each of water in four small bowls; tint each with a different color of food coloring. Using a small pastry brush, paint hat, arms, body and legs as shown in photo above. Combine red and yellow water to make orange. Use orange- and green-tinted water to paint round cookies like pumpkins.
  6. Tint 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting yellow. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert star tip. Fill bag with yellow frosting. Pipe straw on head, body, arms and legs. Attach gumdrop pieces with frosting to form eyes, nose, cheeks, buttons and patches.
  7. Tint remaining frosting black. Prepare a second plastic or pastry bag, insert round tip. Fill bag with black frosting. Pipe frosting in a stitch pattern around eyes, mouth and patches. Let frosting dry for 30 minutes.
  8. Place scarecrow pieces on a covered board; carefully tie pieces together with ribbon. Arrange pumpkins around the scarecrow. Yield: 1 scarecrow and about 1 dozen pumpkins.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 410.95 Kcal (1721 kJ)
Calories from fat 96.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.74g 17%
Cholesterol 37.47mg 12%
Sodium 98.43mg 4%
Potassium 35.91mg 1%
Total Carbs 71.71g 24%
Sugars 17.79g 71%
Protein 4.75g 10%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 9.8mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 307.43 Kcal (1287 kJ)
Calories from fat 72.34 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.04g 17%
Cholesterol 28.03mg 12%
Sodium 73.64mg 4%
Potassium 26.86mg 1%
Total Carbs 53.64g 24%
Sugars 13.31g 71%
Protein 3.55g 10%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 7.3mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.1
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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