Ghost Cookies

It's funny how little things can become family traditions that you cherish.  Sometimes, you try to make something a tradition... and it just doesn't stick.  Then there are other times when a simple little something becomes a prized memory that you can't wait to revisit each year.

Such is the case with the ghost cookie.

It all started with an adorable little ghost cookie cutter Grandmas found at a Hallmark store (of all places) many, MANY Halloweens ago.  She would make ghost cookies with her secret sugar cookie recipe, then we would frost the ghosts white and give them chocolate chip eyes.  I remember helping her retrieve the box of cookie cutters each year, digging in to find the ghost, helping roll out the dough - and getting covered with flour in the process.  It was great - and something I looked forward to each year.  Grandma would do this with her preschoolers every year - and it was always a great activity.

When Molly was invited to a friend's Halloween party, I volunteered to bring ghost cookies, thinking it would be fun for the kids to frost their own cookies at the party.  So, on my Friday off (with Aaron out of town and Molly at school) I baked. 

And baked...

And baked...

Four batches to be exact... or 50 ghosts and about 10 or so fall leaves. 

The cookies went over GREAT at the party.  The kids had a blast frosting them.  Molly loved helping give the instructions ("Chocolate chips for eyes!  Chocolate chips for eyes!").  And it was fun to share one of my most favorite family traditions with our friends...