Scary but delicious Halloween cookies.
Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate this somewhat spooky holiday than with some delicious cookies? A perfect treat to wow both kids and adults, making them shiver with fear… from pleasure! In this recipe, we will guide you step by step in making these cookies, perfect for a Halloween-themed party.
I had a lot of fun making these treats; you can make them with the kids too. Very simple, you can compete for the scariest face. You can create webs, ghosts, monsters, get creative. They are shortbread cookies, simple discs covered in royal icing, decorated with edible marker. They are delicious and crumbly, sugary, and truly scary.
Below you can find more “scary” recipes for Halloween:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 30Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter, Halloween
- Energy 122.31 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 17.02 (g) of which sugars 8.89 (g)
- Proteins 1.64 (g)
- Fat 5.53 (g) of which saturated 3.45 (g)of which unsaturated 2.01 (g)
- Fibers 0.26 (g)
- Sodium 28.56 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 30 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 13 tbsp butter (cold)
- 1 1/8 cups powdered sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- lemon (zest)
- pinches salt
- 1 1/8 cups vanilla-flavored powdered sugar
- 1 tsp lemon (juice)
- 1 oz egg white
Tools
- Edible Marker Edible Food Coloring Pens, Dual-tip Food Pens for Cookies, Cakes, Pastries, Easter Eggs
- Pastry Bag Cuki Pastry Bag Set, 10 Bags + 3 Nozzles
- Cookie Cutter GWHOLE 13 Pieces Halloween Christmas Cookie Cutter Set
Halloween Cookies Steps
Let’s start by preparing the dough for the cookies. For the recipe click here
When the cookies are ready and cool, use a pastry bag or a teaspoon to cover the surface of the cookies with icing, trying to stay within the edges. Let the icing harden, it will take at least a couple of hours
With the black edible marker, draw scary faces, webs, mummies. On these cookies, you will find different examples. You can also have the children help you finish them. Have fun
Preserving Halloween Cookies
Cookies can be stored for about a week in an airtight container
