Halloween Thumbprint Cookies

Directions

1. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, Large eggs, lowfat milk and vanilla till well blended. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; add in to butter mix, mixing till well blended. Chill dough 1-2 hrs or possibly till hard sufficient to handle. Heat oven to 350 . Lightly grease cookie sheets. Shape dough into 1" balls. Place on cookie sheets. Press thumb gently in center of each cookies. (You may need to coat finger with sugar for indentation to remain). Bake for 10-12 min or possibly till set. Cold slightly; remove from cookie sheets to wire rack. Cold completely.
2. Spoon about 1/4 tsp orange filling in each thumbprint. Decorate with green filling to look like stem of a pumpkin. ORANGE AND GREEN FILLING: In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, softened butter, lowfat milk and vanilla.
3. Beat on high till smooth. Remove scant 2 TB of filling. Tint this with green food color; set aside.
4. Add in freshly grated orange peel to remaining icing and use red and yellow food coloring to make orange. GHOST COOKIES: Make icing and omit food coloring and orange peel. Decorate cookies to look like ghosts.