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vampire cookies!

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Recipe by
Lillian Russo
Long Island, NY

This is a Halloween recipe I found on the Internet! It looked like a great idea so I tried it today! My teen daughter got a kick out of it! This is a photo of my cookies!

(1 rating)
yield 10 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 10 Min

Ingredients For vampire cookies!

  • 1/2 c
    butter-softened
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1 lg
    egg
  • 1/2 tsp
    pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp
    almond extract
  • 1 1/2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 c
    red jam-raspberry or strawberry

How To Make vampire cookies!

  • 1
    In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg and extracts.
  • 2
    Add flour and salt to the bowl and mix them into the butter-sugar mixture at low speed until dough is just combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  • 3
    Preheat oven to 325F.
  • 4
    Divide dough in half and keep the portion you are not using in the refrigerator.
  • 5
    Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1/8-inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut out 2-inch rounds.
  • 6
    Place rounds on a baking sheet, put a teaspoon of jam on each of them and cover with another round of dough. Press edges down lightly, pinching the edges onto the cookie sheet. Use a toothpick and poke two small holes (like a vampire bite) in the top of each cookie.
  • 7
    Bake for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are set.
  • 8
    Dip a toothpick in some extra red jam and re-insert in the “bite” holes you made before baking to emphasize them, if not already red. Draw a blood trickle down from one of the bites with the jam, if desired.
  • 9
    Makes about 2 dozen.
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