A blended family puts aside their complicated family relationships in order to celebrate Halloween. Part of the festivities included a game brought by a mysterious cousin. Her game involved delicate handcrafted masks and shafts of moonlight. As the game unfolded, the participants realized that the game might prove a little too revealing.
The masks brought the worst of the family secrets out into the moonlight. They also had other interesting effects, but you'll have to read it to find out more. I guess John Shirley wanted to leave our imaginations free to weave our own terrifying tales about what skeletons might be revealed if we placed these masks over our own faces.
Masked Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup toffee bits
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together peanut butter, sugar, and egg.
3. Add toffee bits.
4. Scoop out into a dozen big spoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
6. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes before transferring to cooling rack until they cool completely.
7. Top with chocolate glaze:
Chocolate Glaze
4 tbsp butter
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tbsp cream soda (or milk)
1. Melt butter over medium high heat.
2. Add cocoa and stir until smooth.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Add confectioner's sugar and cream soda and stir until smooth. Add the cream soda slowly. You may need a little more or a little less to get it to the right thickness. I made mine just thin enough to pour and spread. The glaze hardened over time, but the cookies should be stored in a single layer. (Putting them in the fridge might help, but mine didn't last long enough to test that.)
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