Munchable Scarecrows

What You Need:

1 (18 oz.) pkg. refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1 C of flaked coconut
Yellow, orange, red and blue food coloring
18 gum drop fruit slices
1 C of powdered sugar, divided
1 T of milk, divided
Mini chocolate chips

How to Make It:

Roll out the cookie dough on a flat surface.
Use gingerbread men cutters and cut out 18 shapes.
Place the cutouts onto a baking sheet and bake according the directions on the package.
Remove the cookies and cool to room temperature on a wire rack.
Place the coconut into a bowl.
Add enough yellow food coloring to color the coconut to resemble the color of straw.
To make the scarecrow hats place the gum drops on a lightly sugared surface and roll them out flat.
Cut hat shapes out of each gum drop.
Divide the powdered sugar into 3 mixing bowls.
Place 2 to 3 drops of the orange, red and blue food coloring into each separate bowl.
Add the milk to each bowl and stir to form a paste, adding more milk if necessary to reach the desired consistency.
When the cookies have cooled, frost the heads, hand and feet of each cookie with the orange frosting.
Press the tinted coconut into the frosting on the head, hands and feet area.
Use the blue and red frosting to frost on the scarecrows shirt.
Place the hat onto the scarecrows head by placing a little orange frosting on the back of the hat and pressing it onto the scarecrow.
Place 2 to 3 of mini chocolate chips down the front of the scarecrows shirt for buttons.

Scarecrows are a favorite sight around Halloween. These scarecrow cookies won’t last long so make a second batch to be sure you have enough to go around. Use any shade of food coloring you like to make the shirts.

Makes 18 cookies