Jack-O-Lantern Cookies

These are my husband's favorite cookies. It wouldn't be Halloween without them.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 158 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• ¼ cup molasses
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¾ cup shortening, softened

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Mix pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Set aside.

Step 2

Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl. Stir in brown sugar, shortening, egg, and molasses, mixing until smooth. Fold in rolled oats.

Step 3

Roll cookie dough out to 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut out 48 circles using a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter. Arrange 24 of the circles on a baking sheet and place a teaspoon of pumpkin filling on each. Cut Jack-O-Lantern faces on the remaining 24 circles, then lay the faces over the pumpkin filling, sealing the edges.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.