Halloween Jack O Lantern Beef Pies Food

JACK-O'-LANTERN WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat cookie ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Using (2 tablespoon-size) ice cream scoop, drop batter 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. With damp hands, gently smooth out dough.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In medium bowl, beat 1/4 cup butter and the cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar; beat until blended. Stir in maple extract.
• For each pie, spread about 1 generous tablespoon filling on bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together.
• Using black decorating icing, pipe jack-o'-lantern faces. Using green decorating icing, pipe jack-o'-lantern stems on tops of pies.

JACK-O'-LANTERN SLOPPY JOE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. In a small bowl, combine flour, salsa and chili sauce until blended; stir into skillet. Add corn, chilies and brown sugar. , Transfer to a deep-dish 9-in. pie plate. Unroll crust; place over filling. With a sharp knife, cut out a face to resemble a jack-o'-lantern; flute edge. Beat egg and food coloring; brush over crust. , Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 9-11 minutes.

HALLOWEEN JACK-O'-LANTERN BEEF PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Grease 10 muffin cups.
• Place ground beef and onion in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until the meat is browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Stir in the chili powder, cumin, salt, garlic powder, tomato sauce, carrot and olives, and bring the mixture to a simmer. Cover the skillet, and cook until thickened and the carrot is tender, about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Working on a floured surface, separate each biscuit and roll out into 4-inch circles. Press the circles of biscuit dough into prepared muffin cups; bake in the preheated oven until the cups are lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove the biscuit cups from the pan and place onto a baking sheet.
• Cut the 10 slices of American cheese into 3-inch circles and cut jack-o'-lantern faces into the circles with a sharp paring knife. Chop remanants of cheese and mix into the meat mixture. Fill the biscuit cups with the meat mixture, and place a cheese face on top of each.
• Return to the oven and bake just until cheese begins to soften, 3 to 5 minutes.

HALLOWEEN JACK-O-LANTERN PASTA DINNER

Steps:

• Carve each bell pepper as you would a Jack-O-Lantern, cutting the top off and hollowing out the inside before carving a face.
• Discard the tops.
• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• Drain Pasta.
• Mix pasta with warm sauce and spoon into each individual pepper, making sure the pasta 'oozes' out the eyes, mouth, and top of pepper.
• Serve with breadstick 'bones'--tie a knot at the end of each breadstick, bake, and enjoy!

JACK-O'-LANTERN HAND PIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine first 4 ingredients.
• Split biscuits horizontally in half. Roll out each dough piece to 4-inch round on lightly floured surface.
• Place 8 dough rounds in single layer on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray; top with 2 Singles pieces and potato mixture, adding about 2 Tbsp. potato mixture to each round. Lightly brush edges of dough with water.
• Use sharp knife to cut jack-o'-lantern faces out of remaining dough rounds; place over topped dough rounds on baking sheet. Press edges together with fork to seal. Make 2 small cuts, about 1/2 inch apart, at top of each pie, then fold under dough at cuts to make pumpkin stems as shown in photo.
• Whisk egg and food colorings until blended; brush onto tops of pies.
• Bake 16 to 18 min. or until pies are puffed and golden brown.

JACK-O'-LANTERN CHEESEBURGER PIE

Steps:

• Cook first 5 ingredients in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink; drain. Stir in ketchup and Worcestershire sauce; cool.
• Unfold 1 piecrust, and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spread mustard evenly over crust. Stir together meat mixture and 2 cups cheese; spoon onto center of crust, leaving a 2-inch border.
• Unfold remaining piecrust, and cut out a jack-o'-lantern face, reserving pastry cutouts to use as a stem. Place crust over meat mixture; crimp edges of crust, and fold under. Place stem on top of jack-o'-lantern face.
• Whisk together 2 tablespoons water, egg, and 1 drop each of red and yellow food coloring; brush over crust.
• Bake at 425*F (220*C) for 20 minutes; remove from oven, and brush again with egg mixture. Fill eyes, nose, and mouth with remaining 1 cup cheese. Bake 5 to 10 more minutes or until golden brown.

JACK-O-LANTERN SUPPER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Paint face on pumpkin with marker.
• Brown beef and onion. Drain.
• Add soup, sugar, soy sauce and mushrooms and simmer 10 minute
• Add rice and waterchestnuts.
• Spoon into pumpkin. Replace top. Bake on cookie sheet in center of oven at 350 degrees for 1-2 hours or until inside of pumpkin is tender.
• Serve on plate. Scoop cooked pumpkin out and serve.