If you love pumpkin flavored everything during the fall season, then you will love these Great Ghost Pumpkin Cookies! They are soft, chewy and full of pumpkin flavor, and they are perfect for Halloween parties or anytime you want a delicious pumpkin treat. These cookies are also super easy to make, so you can have them ready in no time.
2 c Flour
1 c Quick oats; raw
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Butter or margerine; soften
1 c Brown sugar; packed
1 c Granulated sugar
Egg; slightly beaten
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Libby’s solid-pack pumpkin
1 c Semi-sweet morsels
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition. Stir in morsels. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet; spread dough into a ghost shape using a thin metal spatula. Or make a qiuck ghost pattern of heavy paper. Make 2 or three poses for realism.
Bake 20-25 minutes, til cookies are firm and lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets; cool on racks. Spread with white royal icing. Trim brown face features with tube-icing. Yeilds 19-20 large cookies.