Description
Festive jack-o-lantern cookies filled with a warm apple and raisin mixture, crisp on the outside and chewy inside — perfect for Halloween and sharing.
Ingredients
Scale
For the filling:
- 3 cups of raisins (I used golden seedless)
- 3 apples (I used honey crisp), diced
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup dark rum (I used Sailor Jerry’s, you can also omit and replace with more water)
- 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
Instructions
- In a dutch oven combine all ingredients (with the exception of the corn starch), mix, and simmer on medium heat for abut 10-15 minutes. You will want to mix every other minute or so to render all the water out of the fruit, until it reduces. Towards the end of the simmer, add the cornstarch to thicken the mixture, and simmer for a minute more.
- Make your best pie crust recipe or buy flat pre-made crust at the grocery store. Lay it flat on a floured board or table, and let the kids use a toothpick to trace approximately 3” diameter jack-o-lantern faces freehand or with a stencil. Cut the shapes out with a knife. Create a solid bottom for the sandwich cookie by tracing the outlines onto another piece of pie crust and cut them out, too. Spoon about a tablespoon of filling onto the bottom layer. Top with the face. Crimp the edges together with a fork. Sprinkle with cookie sugar.
- Back according to pie crust directions until golden. Feel free to experiment with your kid’s favorite pie fillings.