Great Ghost Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients:

2 c Flour

1 c Quick oats, un-cooked

1 ts Baking soda

1 ts Cinnamon

1/2 ts Salt

1 c Butter or margarine;softened

1 c Brown sugar, packed

1 c Granulated sugar

1 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.

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