PILGRIM HAT COOKIES–easy enough for your kids to make

pilgramhatcookiesHere’s a treat that the kids will love and can help make as their contribution for Thanksgiving. The best part is that you might already have the peanut butter cups, left over from the Halloween. You only need three ingredients: thin chocolate wafers, small peanut butter cups and yellow piping icing. You can buy cake mate icing at your local grocery store.

SIZE: serves 8 people

INGREDIENTS: 
16 chocolate wafer cookies (such as Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers)
1 tube of orange frosting, with piping tip
16 small peanut butter cups

DIRECTIONS: 

  1. Place cookies on work surface; squeeze a dime-size dot of frosting in center of each
  2. Unwrap and invert peanut butter cups on frosting, pressing down gently
  3. Using the round piping tip, pipe a “hat-band” with frosting around peanut butter cup and a square “buckle.” Let frosting set before storing
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Author: Heather Zachariah

Former Art Director for Home Magazine, Heather Leahy Zachariah, left her career in publishing after baby number number one. She now works from home as a freelance graphic designer and a chauffeur to her 3 busy kids. "Working on TipsFromTown has been a wonderful outlet for me. It renewed my love of publishing where I can design colorful, enticing pages online and allows me to share the things I love about being a mom." Heather grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a place that still is near and dear to her. " After living in Brooklyn for 18 years and studying Graphic Design at Pratt Institute, she now lives in the Jersey burbs. "I love living so close to NYC, but in my heart, I'm an Ohio girl."

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