Pumpkin Face Cookies

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/3 cups butter
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups chopped raisins
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup boiling water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine all raisin filling ingredients into saucepan.
• 2 cook& stir over medium heat until thick, about 5 minutes.
• 3 cool.
• 4 cookie: mix flour & baking powder.
• 5 cream sugar, butter, eggs, milk & vanilla.
• 6 add to flour mixture.
• 7 divide dough in half & chill at least 2 hours.
• 8 roll out half of dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness.
• 9 cut with a 2 or 3 inch round cookie cutter.
• 10 place half the circles on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 11 place 2 tsp raisin filling on each circle.
• 12 use the other half of the dough and cut into circles.
• 13 cut these to resemble pumpkin faces.
• 14 use a knife to make eyes, nose & mouth etc.
• 15 place these on top of the filling.
• 16 seal edges with fork tines.
• 17 repeat with remaining dough.
• 18 bake at 375° for about 12 minutes.