SITS Halloween Party Day 2!

Today is day 2 of the SITS Halloween Party! Yesterday was all about favorite Halloween memories and today is all about Halloween Crafts. Now, I don't claim to be a crafty person, but I love to bake and that's where I get "crafty". I found this great recipe on Nick Jr. for pumpkin cookies that look like spiderwebs.


Cute right? Minus the fact that I forgot to get a piping tip for the black frosting so I had to free hand it.

Here's the recipe:

You need:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 15 oz can of pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 1 can vanilla frosting
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• Black frosting tubes
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• toothpicks

What to do:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Measure the baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a bowl
• With a big spoon, cream the shortening, sugar, and pumpkin purée in a separate bowl. Add the egg and mix it in
• Sift in the dry ingredients and mix everything thoroughly with the spoon
• Drop heaping spoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake 25-30 minutes
• When cooled, ice cookies with frosting.
• Use the black frosting tubes to draw concentric circles on each.
• Use a toothpick to pull the black frosting out from the center (like spokes of a wheel)

Be sure to head over to SITS today to see all of the other crafts and play along with the Halloween party!