Friday, October 19, 2007

Hanging Hand Treats


You’ll find plenty of helping "hands" to hang these Halloween treats.
Prep time: 20 min.
Baking time: 12 min., Set Time: 120 min.
Decoration time: 30 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
  • 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies Pumpkin Patch Mix
  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 1 18-oz roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • 3 tablespoons egg white powder
  • 1 16-oz. box confectioner’s sugar
  • 6 tablespoons warm water
  • Yellow and orange food coloring
  • Neon green food coloring
  • 3 cookie sheet pans

  • Straw
  • Thin ribbon
  • Printable template
What to do:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line the cookie sheet pans with parchment paper.
  2. Knead the flour into the cookie dough until smooth. Roll out to 1/4-inch thickness. Using the printable template cut out 24 hands, re-rolling the scraps. Transfer to prepared cookie sheet pans and randomly press-out one hole in each cookie using the straw.
  3. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
  4. Meanwhile, beat the egg white powder, confectioner’s sugar and 6 tablespoons of warm water until smooth and thick. Divide the frosting into 3 small bowls. Tint 1 bowl yellow, 1 bowl orange and 1 bowl neon green. Completely cover each cookie with assorted tinted frostings.
  5. Gently press M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies Pumpkin Patch Mix into the frosting and then set cookies aside to dry until firm, about 2 hours.
  6. Tie a knot on one end of each strand of thin ribbon. Thread the other end through the cookies and hang at desired lengths on scary tree limbs or decorative tree.
Makes 24 hands.

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