HALLOWEEN GHOST RECIPES

Steps:

• Beat butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt in a second bowl. Add flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture and mix to combine. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Dust a work surface with flour and roll out dough into a thin circle. Cut out tulip shapes; if your tulip cookie cutter has a stem, cut the stem off with a knife, so you have a stemless tulip shape. Arrange cut-out cookies on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from baking sheets carefully and transfer to wire racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Stir 1 cup confectioners' sugar and milk together in a small bowl until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract until icing is smooth and glossy. Add more corn syrup if icing is too thick.
• Spoon icing into a piping bag with a small plain tip. Pipe icing around the edge of each cookie to create a border. Fill in the middle completely with icing. Stick 2 chocolate chip cookies into the wet icing for the eyes. Let cookies stand until icing dries, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine beef, Parmesan cheese, parsley, onion, egg, salt and pepper. Blend bread crumbs into the meat mixture. Shape into 20 meatballs.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Fry meatballs in batches. Cook thoroughly, remove from heat and drain on a paper towel.
• Slice cucumbers in twenty 1 inch round pieces - to use for base.
• Prepare rice paper per package instructions. Place cooked meatball in the center of the rice paper. Tie with chive stem.
• Arrange round cucumber pieces on a platter. Insert a wooden or plastic toothpick in the center of the cucumber slice. Place rice paper covered meatball on the other end of the toothpick. Ghosts should look like they are floating - cucumber should not be visible. Serve.