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    Spooky cookies

    • Preparation time: 30 minutes, plus chilling and cooling
    • Cooking time: 12 minutes to 15 minutes
    • Total time: 42-45, plus chilling and cooling

    Makes: 22

    Ingredients

    1 ripe Conference pear
    150g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
    11⁄2 tsp ground ginger
    100g slightly salted butter, softened
    50g light brown sugar
    1 medium Waitrose British Blacktail Free Range Egg yolk
    100g white, milk and/or plain chocolate, broken into pieces

    Method

    1. Peel, core and grate the pear. Sandwich between layers of kitchen paper to absorb the juice. Blend the flour, ginger and butter in a food processor until it resembles breadcrumbs. Briefly blend in the sugar. Add the pear and egg yolk and mix to a soft dough. Wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.

    2. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Grease 2 large baking sheets. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to 5mm thick. Cut out shapes using Waitrose Halloween Cutters and make a hole near the top if you want to hang them up. Place on the baking sheets and bake for 12–15 minutes until pale golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

    3. Melt the chocolate (in separate bowls if using different types), over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave. Spread or drizzle over the cookies and add blobs for eyes and mouths. Leave to set.

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