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Pirate And Alien Cookies

• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons hot water
• 4 drops green food coloring
• 5 licorice allsorts, thinly sliced
• 20 jelly beans, halved
• 5 gummy candies, cut into 4 pieces

To make the cookies, beat the butter, sugar and egg with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the flour. Using your hands, press the mixture together to form a soft dough. Turn onto a lightly floured work surface and knead for 2 minutes or until smooth.  Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush a large baking sheet with melted butter or oil.  Roll out the dough between sheets of waxed paper to ¼ inch thick.  Cut into shapes, using cutters. Put the cookies on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, or until golden.  Leave to cook. Stir the confectioners’ sugar into a bowl.  Add the water and food coloring, and stir well.  Dip the front of each cookie into the frosting. While the frosting is still soft, decorate the cookies with the candies. Makes   10

Tested in the THASC kitchen. Photo by THASC.

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