RECIPE
SNICKERS® Stuffed Shortbread Pumpkins
Time
10 minutes
Ingredients
6 items
Makes
6 servings
These melt-in-your-mouth shortbread treats are a sweet indulgence for any Halloween get-together.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- Pinch salt
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup icing sugar, sifted
- 6 to 8 drops orange food coloring
- 6 SNICKERS® Minis, finely chopped
Instructions:
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1. Whisk together flour and salt until blended; set aside. In separate bowl and using electric mixer, beat together butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in flour mixture just until blended.
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2. Add food coloring. Turn out onto lightly floured surface; gently knead dough to incorporate food coloring. Pat dough into 2 disks; wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
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3. Preheat oven to 325°F. On lightly floured surface, roll out one disk into 1/4-inch thickness. Sprinkle chopped SNICKERS® Minis over top. Roll out remaining disk into 1/4-inch thickness, and the same shape as the first disk; gently layer over chopped SNICKERS®. Roll doughs together to sandwich SNICKERS® Minis in between.
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4. Cut out 6 pumpkin shapes with lightly floured 2-inch pumpkin cutter or use round cookie cutter as a guide to cut out pumpkin shape with stem. Place on parchment paper–lined baking sheet, spacing at least 2 inches apart. Reserve scraps for another use. Refrigerate for 10 minutes before baking.
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5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly golden and tops are set. Transfer to rack and let cool completely.
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Tip 1 Using a tube of icing, pipe jack-o’-lantern faces on top of each cookie if desired.
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Tip 2 To make mini shortbread cookies, re-roll scraps into 1/4-inch thickness and cut into 1-inch squares.