1/2 c Butter
1 c Granulated sugar
1 Egg
1 ts Vanilla
2 c Flour
2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
1 tb Milk
Orange and green food colori 1 pk Lemon drops/5 oz
Preheat oven to 350~. Cover 3 cookie sheets with foil. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Add milk if batter is too stiff. Color all but 1/8 of dough orange and color rest green. Roll 1″ balls from the orange dough and flatten with your hand to make a pumpkin shape. Place on cookie sheets . Roll stems out of the green dough and attach to the top of the ” punkin”. Carefully cut out wide spaces for the eyes, nose and mouth with a knife. Fill holes in with crushed lemon candy. Bake 8-10 minutes or until done. DO NOT ALLOW TO BROWN. Allow to cool for 10 minutes and carefully peel off foil. Note; Crush lemon drops in food processor. If mixture becomes stickey, add a little powdered sugar while chopping.