Pumpkin cookies are made with a cookie press and it just so happens I own one. Not too many people own a cookie press anymore, mostly because no one makes dainty little shaped tea cookies anymore. But my wonderful husband found one at a garage sale and brought it home to me as he knew I wanted one. The directions said to make the pumpkin shapes with the star plate which is a metal plate with a tiny star shape cut out of the middle. Chloe and I were skeptical as to whether it would really produce pumpkin shaped cookies but, it DID! After a quick lesson in how to use a cookie press, Chloe pressed out all of the pumpkins (Pictures 1 and 2) while I attached the stems. Then we put on raisin mouths and chocolate chip eyes and popped them in the oven. (Can you find the "Mike Wasowski" cookie?) (Picture 3)
You can see from the photos that they became larger as they baked. (Picture 4) Once out of the oven, we added candy corn noses to a few of them but Chloe thought they looked "freaky" with the noses so we didn't do too many. Aren't they cute!
Cool little side note - while we prepared the cookies, we did a little review in preparation for Chloe's Florida history test the next day. Quick! Who led the first European expedition to Florida?* At any rate, we were discussing what a colony is, what an expedition is, and the like and Chloe says, "I guess a colony is sort of like homesteaders." I knew making cookies would allow me some teachable moments. She's listening, she's remembering. (If you have no idea what I am talking about, read the previous blog about making homesteaders.) So, we've started with Florida history and homesteaders but who knows what we'll be talking about by the time we hit recipe no. 100?
Next week: Rich Chocolate Squares
(*Answer: Juan Ponce de Leon)
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