Chocolate Chip Turkey Cookies

Basic Chocolate Chip Cookie
2 1/2 c. SR flour
1 c. margarine
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar, packed
2 t. vanilla
2 eggs
12 oz. pkg chocolate chip morsels*

Decorations:
hand shaped cookie cutter
1 c. white frosting
chocolate frosting
food coloring
white chocolate chip morsels
candy corn

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients, adding chocolate chips last. Add more flour to dough to make stiff, if needed. Press dough onto cookie sheet and use hand shaped cookie cutter to make turkey shapes. Remove extra dough scraps and repeat. Place each turkey 3" apart. Once turkey hands are cut out, refrigerate on baking sheet for 15 minutes*. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Divide white frosting into 4 bowls. Tint each with a different food coloring: red, orange, green, and yellow. Frost fingers of turkey hands with icing for feathers. Spread chocolate frosting on thumbs for heads. Place 1 white chocolate chip morsel upside down for eye and use a toothpick dipped in chocolate to make a pupil. Add candy corn for a beak Place cookie on plate and use chocolate icing to draw legs on cookie and plate.

*I've also made with 1/2 chocolate chip and 1/2 butterscotch chips.

**refrigerating the turkey hands before baking will  help them retain their shape during the baking process.

***can also be made with sugar cookie dough

Cute for a family project or as a special treat : )