HAUNTED HOUSE COOKIE KIT RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Knead flour, cocoa, and cinnamon into cookie dough, working in batches if necessary, until combined and smooth. Divide dough into quarters and roll out on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper or foil. Cut out windows and doors. Leave house pieces on the paper or foil and transfer to baking sheets. Bake until golden and firm to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes depending on size of the pieces. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough and pattern. Meanwhile beat confectioners’ sugar, egg white powder, and 3/4 cup water in a large bowl with an electric mixer
  until thick and smooth. Transfer 1 cup frosting to a resealable bag. Tint 2 cups frosting brown, 1/2 cup orange, and 1 1/2 cups purple. Spoon each color into a separate resealable bag and set aside. Cover remaining frosting well with a moist paper towel and plastic wrap. (This will be used for the assembly.) Snip small corners from the bags with purple, white, and orange frosting. Pipe around windows and doors on sides of house. Let dry about 1 hour. To assemble (for a quick non-edible centerpiece, use a glue gun instead of frosting): Pipe generous lines of white frosting on vertical sides of piece A, B, C, and D (large house), and stick sides together. Use cans to support all sides, inside and out. Let dry about 1 hour. Pipe generous lines on vertical sides of pieces E, F, G, and H (second story) and attach using cans to support. Let dry at least 1 hour. Attach the roof pieces I and J to the large house with frosting and let dry about 1 hour. Support the roof with a box or cans. Pipe lines along small roof edge and add pieces K and L. Let dry about 1 hour. Pipe decorative lines on the outside of both stories with purple frosting. Pipe bone decoration with white frosting along the sides of the second story Use a serrated knife to trim 1 /12 inch from bottom of two of the brown cones. Stack remaining three brown cones and add one trimmed cone on top. Place one of the chocolate cones on top of that to create the tower next to the house. Secure tower with some purple frosting.   Trim remaining brown cone to fit on top of the second-story roof. Cut a V shape on either side of cone with a serrated knife. Attach cone to the small roof with some brown frosting. Place the larger house on a serving platter. Pipe a generous line of brown frosting along bottom edge of second story. Place on top of larger house and press slightly to secure. Spread a 2-inch-wide band of brown frosting along bottom roof edge I. Add unwrapped Hugs as close as possible in rows. Repeat, adding more frosting and Hugs, trimming candy if necessary. Repeat with roof piece J. Spread brown frosting on roof piece K. Arrange swirled chips to cover roof, starting at the bottom edge. Repeat with roof piece L. Attach one or two decorated cookies to house if desired using some remaining frosting. Hold cookie for several minutes to make sure that it sets. Spread chocolate cookie crumbs around house. Add other decorated cookies and candy pumpkins around house.