Harvest Scarecrow Cookies

By cwyorkiex3

It’s fun and easy to “dress” vanilla sugar cookies as sweet scarecrows by adding shredded wheat “straw hair,” a sugar wafer “hat,” and a smiling red licorice face.

Ingredients

• Makes 3 dozen or 36 (1 cookie) servings.
• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 9 to 10 minutes per batch
• 1 package (17.5 ounces) sugar cookie mix,
• or your favorite sugar cookie recipe
• 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
• 54 sugar wafer cookies
• Shredded wheat cereal, broken up,or
• toasted shreaded coconut
• Assorted decorations, such as candy-coated pieces and red string licorice

Preparation

Step 1

1. Prepare cookie mix as directed on package, adding vanilla. Cut out rounds with 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter.

2. Bake and cool cookies as directed on package.

3. Frost cookies with vanilla frosting. For the scarecrow’s hat, break a sugar wafer cookie in half. Press wafer cookie half into the top of the frosted cookie. Place a whole wafer cookie below the cookie half. Press shredded wheat around sides of the face for straw hair. Use candy-coated pieces and string licorice to decorate the face.


per serving

Calories: 200

Fat: 8 g

Carbohydrates: 31 g

Cholesterol: 11 mg

Sodium: 90 mg

Fiber: 0 g

Protein: 1 g