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    Halloween Owl Cookies

    I saw a picture of an owl cookie on Pinterest which immediately made me think of Ms. Yolen’s picture book. I decided to give the cookies a try. I wanted to make it as easy as possible in case any teachers wanted to grab Jane Yolen’s OWL MOON, read it to their class and then offer some delicious owl cookies. While my cookies aren’t as pretty as the Pinterest picture they’re still fun to look at. And I added a candy corn beak istead of an almond because I know many classrooms have students with nut allergies. Ingredients: 1 bag of M&M’s 1 bag of candy corn 1 package of sugar cookie dough Step 1: Cut…

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    Halloween Cookies

    Feel like making Halloween cookies? Here are some that are quick and easy. I needed easy after my Epic Fall Fail Cake. My first idea was to make chocolate croissants in the shape of a pumpkin. Then I watched a YouTube video on how to make croissants and quickly changed my mind. I decided I’d make sugar cookies instead and add chocolate. My kids told me I should stick with boxed mixes so I decided to listen to them this time. After I took this picture I realized I had never made sugar cookies with cookie cutters. I know, pretty pathetic. [/caption]When they were done baking I loaded one cookie…