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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 20, 2016
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Halloween cat cookies complete with coconut whiskers make for an easy decorating project for kids, and a fun treat for a themed party!

Halloween Cat Cookies

  • Prep Time 45 min
  • Total 45 min
  • Servings 20
  • Ingredients 14
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Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 3/4 cups Gold Medal™ flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 package (3 oz) Jell-O™ orange-flavored gelatin
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange peel

Decorations

Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt and gelatin; set aside. In separate medium bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat until blended. Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk on low speed, half of each at a time, until soft dough forms. Stir in orange peel.
  • Step 
    2
    Onto lined cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely before decorating.
  • Step 
    3
    To Decorate Cookies: Into 1-pint resealable food-storage plastic bag, add chocolate frosting; reseal bag. Cut 1/8-inch opening diagonally across bottom corner of bag. Pipe cat face onto center of cookies, smoothing out frosting with small spatula as necessary. For each cookie, press into frosting 2 green milk chocolate candies for eyes, 1 orange milk chocolate candy half for nose and 6 coconut shreds for whiskers. Using chocolate frosting, pipe thin line down center of green candies, creating pupils for eyes. Using red icing, pipe on mouth. Store in airtight container.

Nutrition

180 Calories
7g Total Fat
2g Protein
26g Total Carbohydrate
16g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
180
Calories from Fat
70
Total Fat
7g
11%
Saturated Fat
4g
20%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
25mg
8%
Sodium
200mg
8%
Potassium
55mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
26g
9%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
16g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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