Halloween ideas: Halloween Mummies

Recipe Ingredients

Small pork sausages
1 cup flour
5 tablespoons cold butter
About 3 tablespoons iced water
Pinch of salt
You will also need
Baking Sheets
Wax paper

Preparation and cooking instructions

First heat a little oil in a frypan or skillet and turning frequently cook the sausages, and when done drain on paper towel and allow to cool. Next sift the flour into a large mixing bowl, then add the butter. Now, with a knife, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Next sprinkle the iced water over the mixture and mix so that it begins to clump together and form a dough; then with your hands lightly bring the dough together - if you think the dough is too dry just add a little more iced water. Now halve the dough and pat down each half to form chubby discs. Wrap each disc in wax paper and place in the refrigerator to rest for about half an hour. After the dough has rested preheat the oven to 425°F, and sprinkle a suitable surface or board and a rolling pin with flour. Then take one of the discs from the refrigerator and rollout the dough thinly. Now, using a sausage as a guide, cut the dough into strips that are slightly wider than the length of the sausage - this is so that the ends can be sealed together - and long enough to wrap around the sausage with an overlap. To make the ‘face’ of the mummy, take one of the rectangles of pastry and with a very small plain round cookie cutter or a well washed thimble cut a hole a short distance away and in about the middle of the edge of the pastry that corresponds with the end of the sausage. Now dampen the edges of the pastry with water and wrap the pastry around the sausage, overlap the edges and press to seal, then press the ends together to seal them. Then place the mummies on an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough and sausages and bake the mummies for about 15 to 20 minutes or until done. Have a ghoulish Halloween !

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