The Savory Halloween cookies are perfect for the spookiest night of the year. Tasty shortcrust cookies flavored with chili or hot paprika if preferred. They are quick and very easy to make, and you can also flavor them with your preferred spice if you don’t like spicy, such as turmeric, curry, pink pepper, aromatic herbs like oregano or thyme, or grated cheese. Try the other Halloween party recipes by clicking here.

Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Very cheap
Rest time: 30 Minutes
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 32 pieces
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Bar
Seasonality: Halloween

Ingredients

3/4 cup all-purpose flour (+ as needed for the work surface)
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp fine salt
1 egg
to taste chili powder (or hot paprika)
to taste black pepper
to taste fine salt

Tools

Plastic wrap
Food processor
Bowl
Work surface
Rolling pin
Baking sheet
Parchment paper
Cookie cutters

Steps

To prepare the savory Halloween cookies…

In the food processor equipped with blades, put cold butter cut into cubes, the egg, and salt. Pulse the food processor to blend the butter with the egg.
Then add the all-purpose flour, chili powder, and black pepper and work the dough until it is compact, smooth, and homogeneous.
Transfer the shortcrust dough to the work surface, knead it to uniform it and shape it into a loaf. Wrap it with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
After the resting time of the shortcrust dough, on a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/5 inch and use Halloween cookie cutters to make the cookies, 32 pieces.
Place the savory Halloween cookies on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper, sprinkle them with fine salt again and bake them in a preheated oven at 356°F and cook them in a ventilated mode for 10/15 minutes.
After the cooking time, remove them from the oven and let them cool before serving.