Candy Corn Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place butter and sugar in a medium bowl; beat with a wooden spoon until combined. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. Add flour, and mix until a dough forms.
• Scoop out level teaspoons of dough, and roll into balls (chill dough briefly if it becomes too soft to handle). Place balls on baking sheets, 2 inches apart.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are firm and cookies are dry to the touch (do not let cookies color), 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove from oven; gently press a candy corn into center of each cookie (surface of cookies may crack slightly). Cool on sheets 1 minute; transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. , Divide dough in half. Tint 1 portion yellow. Divide remaining dough into two-thirds and one-third portions. Color the larger portion orange; leave smaller portion plain., Shape each portion of dough into two 8-in. logs. Flatten top and push sides in at a slight angle. Place orange logs on yellow logs; push sides in at a slight angle. Top with plain logs, forming a slightly rounded top. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 4 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap and cut dough into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Combine the powdered sugar, dry milk and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse 4 to 5 times until the mixture is smooth and well combined. Set aside. Combine the sugar, corn syrup and water in a 2-quart pot. Put over medium heat, cover and cook for 4 minutes. Add the butter, clip on a candy thermometer, and bring the mixture to 230 degrees F, about 1 to 2 minutes. When the sugar syrup reaches 230 degrees F, take the pot off the heat and remove the thermometer. Add the vanilla and the dry mixture, stirring continuously with a silicone spatula until well combined. Pour onto a half sheet pan lined with a silicone baking mat. Cool until the mixture is cool enough to handle, about 10 to 15 minutes. Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces. Add 2 drops of yellow food coloring to 1 piece and knead the dough until the color is consistent throughout. Add 2 drops of orange to the second piece, and knead until the color is consistent throughout. Leave the third piece white. Roll each piece of dough into a strand, about 18-inches long. Cut each strand in half. Roll 1 of the white pieces into a strand that is about 1/2-inch thick and about 22-inches long. Repeat with a yellow piece and orange piece. Lay the strands side by side and press them together using your fingers. Cut the strand into 4-inch pieces. Lay the strands, 1 at a time, onto the silicone mat and press into a wedge shape, like a triangle. Use a wire butter slicer to cut the candies into pieces. If you don't have a wire butter slicer, use a knife, metal bench scraper or pizza cutter to slice the dough into small pieces. Repeat the procedure with remaining dough. Lay the finished pieces on a piece of parchment or waxed paper to dry for 1 hour. Store in an airtight container with parchment paper between each layer.

Steps:

• Prepare cookie dough according to package directions for rolled cookies.
• Divide dough into thirds. Tint one third yellow and one third orange with food coloring. Tint remaining third brown by mixing in cocoa and 2 drops red food coloring.
• Chill dough until firm, about 1 hour.
• To make cookies, pull off about 1/4 of each color dough and roll into a 1/2-inch thick rope. On a sheet of waxed paper, lay ropes horizontally next to each other, with orange in the middle. Cover with another sheet of waxed paper.
• Roll ropes out until dough is 3-inches wide. Remove top sheet of waxed paper. Trim edges. Cut into triangles (like this:VVVVVV).
• Arrange cookies 1-inch apart on greased baking sheets (I use parchment paper instead of greasing).
• Bake at 375° for 6-7 minutes, or until edges just begin to turn golden.
• Cool 1 minute on sheets. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually add flour, mixing well after each addition. Shape into 12-inch log. (Dough will be sticky.) Refrigerate 30 min.; reshape into triangular-shaped log.
• Cut dough into 1/4-inch-thick slices; place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheet.
• Bake 12 to 15 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 1 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely
• Empty orange and lemon flavor gelatin mixes into separate small bowls. Add 2 Tbsp. water to gelatin mix in each bowl; mix well. Use clean paint brush to paint cookies with colored gelatin mixes to resemble pieces of candy corn. Let stand 30 min. or until dry.

Steps:

• Combine flour and baking soda. Beat next 4 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Divide dough into 3 equal portions.
• Place 1 portion of dough in medium bowl; tint with orange food coloring. Wrap in plastic wrap. Repeat in separate bowl with second portion of dough and yellow food coloring. Wrap remaining (untinted) dough with plastic wrap. Refrigerate all doughs 1 hour.
• Roll out uncolored dough between 2 lightly floured sheets of waxed paper into 10x7-inch rectangle. Repeat with orange dough; place over uncolored dough rectangle. Repeat with yellow dough, stacking on top of orange dough. Starting at 1 long side of rectangle, roll up dough tightly into log. Wrap in plastic wrap. Freeze 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350ºF. Unwrap dough; cut into 34 slices, each about 1/4 inch thick. Place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets. Sprinkle with decorating sugar.
• Bake 10 to 12 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Steps:

• Line 8x4-inch loaf pan with waxed paper, extending paper over sides of pan. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms.
• On work surface, place 3/4 cup dough. Knead desired amount of food color into dough until color is uniform. Press dough evenly in bottom of pan.
• Divide remaining dough in half. On work surface, knead chocolate into one half remaining dough until color is uniform. Press over orange dough in pan, pressing gently to edge of pan. Gently press remaining plain dough into pan on top of chocolate dough. Refrigerate 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until firm.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Remove dough from pan. Cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cut each slice into 5 wedges. On ungreased cookie sheet, place wedges 1 inch apart.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are set and edges are very light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Cream together butter, peanut butter and both sugars with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated.
• In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture stirring until blended. Stir in peanuts.
• Form 1 inch balls of dough, inserting one or two candy corns into the center. Make sure dough completely covers the candy on all sides. Place on baking sheet and slightly flatten.
• Bake 13 to 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and immediately press a few candy corns into the top of each cookie. Let cool several minutes (baking sheet should be cool enough to touch). Carefully transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
• Have a Happy Halloween!

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a ball, then flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle., On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 3-1/2-in. egg-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Repeat with remaining dough, cutting with a 3-in. oval cookie cutter and a 1-in. triangle cookie cutter. Attach a triangle to each oval to create thought bubbles. Place on baking sheets., Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks., In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, water and meringue powder; beat on low speed just until combined. Beat on high for 4 minutes or until soft peaks form. Cover frosting with damp paper towels or plastic between uses. Tint icing as desired., Working quickly with one color at a time, pipe outlines on some of the cookies; fill with thinned icing. Repeat using other colors. Let dry at room temperature for several hours or until firm., Add faces and writing to cookies as desired. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.