Witching Hour Cut-Outs
Ingredients
- 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened ⓘ
- 1 cup sugar ⓘ
- 1/4 cup milk ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon vanilla ⓘ
- 1 Land O Lakes Egg ⓘ
- 1 (1-ounce) square unsweetened baking chocolate, melted, cooled ⓘ
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa ⓘ
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder ⓘ
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda ⓘ
- 4 cups powdered sugar ⓘ
- 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened ⓘ
Instructions
- Combine 1 cup butter and sugar in bowl; beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- Add 1/4 cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and egg; continue beating until well mixed.
- Add melted chocolate; mix well.
- Add flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda; beat at low speed until well mixed.
- Divide dough in half.
- Shape each half into a ball; flatten slightly.
- Wrap each in plastic food wrap; refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Roll out dough, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut with floured 2 1/4- to 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter.
- Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Cut out center of half of cookies with Halloween-shaped mini-sized (about 1-inch) cookie cutters.
- Bake 8-11 minutes or until set.
- Immediately remove from cookie sheets.
- Cool completely.
- Combine all filling ingredients except milk and food color in bowl.
- Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency.
- Add food color, if desired.
- Spread 2 teaspoons filling onto bottom of 1 cookie; top with cut-out cookie, bottom-side down.
- Repeat with remaining cookies and filling.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
910
kcal
46% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).
Nutrition is estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data and may vary with brand, portion and preparation — see our methodology. This information is for general educational purposes only and is not medical or dietary advice (disclaimer).