Giant Glowing Pumpkin Cookies

Think stained glass cookies for halloween.

Heat oven to 350f line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or foil.

In large bowl , break up cookie dough.

Stir or knead in flour and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.

On lightly floured surface , roll out half of dough at a time to 1 / 8-inch thickness.

Refrigerate remaining half of dough until needed.

With small sharp knife or cookie cutter , cut out 4-inch pumpkin shapes.

On cookie sheets , place shapes 2 inches apart.

Cut out facial features from pumpkins.

Meanwhile , in small bowl , mix crushed candies.

Place 1 / 4 to 1 / 2 teaspoon crushed candy in center of each cut-out area in each cookie , making sure candy touches edges of cookie.

Bake 12 to 18 minutes or until edges of cookies are light golden brown , and candy is melted and fills cut-out areas of cookies.

Cool 2 to 5 minutes on cookie sheets or until candy is hardened.

Carefully remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

Cool completely , about 15 minutes.

refrigerated sugar cookie dough, all-purpose flour, pumpkin pie spice, butterscotch candies, hard cinnamon candies