Flat Cat Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough

• 1-2 tablespoon flour
• red cinnamon candies
• seedless strawberry jam

Directions

1. 1

   With an adult's help, preheat oven to temperature specified on package.

2. 2

   Sprinkle flour on a clean, flat surface and roll out cookie dough slightly thicker than what the package calls for.

3. 3

   Then, using butter knife, cut out cookies in the shape of a flattened cat.

4. 4

   Use a large spatula to carefully transfer cookies to cookie sheet.

5. 5

   Bake according to package directions.

6. 6

   While they're cooling, count out enough cinnamon candies to put two eyes and a nose on each cat.

7. 7

   Carefully flatten between the front and back of two spoons and set aside.

8. 8

   Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for about 3 minutes and then press in eyes and nose.

9. 9

   Transfer to wire rack to continue cooling.

10. 10

    Dribble jam here and there on each cookie for blood.

11. 11

    Makes approximately 3 dozen kitty road kill.

12. 12

    Sicko serving suggestion: Instead of making each cookie in a perfect cat shape, make a few that are missing a limb and/or tail.

13. 13

    Why not even sever a head or two?.

14. 14

    Drip jam blood at stumps for an authentically dismembered look?