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Vampire Bites
Everyone will want to sink their teeth into these scary Halloween treats!
Prep time: 20 min.
Baking time: 7-10 min.
Decoration time: 15 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag MILKY WAY® Brand Minis
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- Red food coloring
- 1/2 cup red decorator’s sugar
- 1 tube vanilla frosting
- Plastic wrap
- Electric mixer
- Large bowl
- Medium bowl
- 2 cookie sheet pans
- Printable templates (or lip-shaped cookie cutter)
What to do:
- Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon in a medium bowl; set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the egg; beat well. Slowly add the flour mixture into the dough until blended. Add enough food coloring to tint the dough a bright red. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line the cookie sheet pans with the parchment paper.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Use the printable templates or cookie cutter to cut out 24 lip shapes. Otherwise, you can form the dough into 24 balls and flatten each slightly to create free-form shaped lips using your hands to pinch and shape the dough. Transfer these to the prepared cookie sheets. Re-roll the scraps if necessary.
- Sprinkle the cookies with red sugar. Bake 7-10 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven, and immediately press an unwrapped MILKY WAY® Brand Minis piece into the center of each cookie. Cool completely. Use vanilla frosting to pipe fangs over the candy.
Tip: If short on time, consider using store-bought refrigerated sugar cookie dough. Begin by kneading 2/3 cup of flour into the dough, then roll and cut according to the above directions. One roll of cookie dough makes approximately 18 cookies.
Makes 24 bites.
