Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe
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Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe
Description
This Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe starts with a dough that incorporates softened butter and cream cheese, adding richness and a tender texture. Sugar and powdered sugar are creamed with the fats, eggs, and almond extract before combining with flour, baking powder, and salt. The dough is rolled out to about 3/8 inch thickness for a soft rather than crunchy texture and cut with cookie cutters.
Cookies bake quickly at 375°F (190°C) for 8-10 minutes and cool before decorating. The frosting is a blend of softened butter, powdered sugar, milk, and flavor extracts whipped to a pipeable consistency, adjusted with milk if too thick. Orange food coloring gives a seasonal hue.
Decorations include M&Ms for stems or accents, candy eyes, sugar sprinkles, and orange decorating gel to add texture and create pumpkin-like appearances. The cookie’s soft texture pairs well with the creamy frosting for a festive treat during Halloween celebrations.
Ingredients
Cookie
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Frosting
- 1/3 cup butter softened
- 4 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- Food Coloring orange
Topping
- decorating gel orange decorating gel, green M&Ms, orange sugar sprinkles
- M&Ms
- Candy eyes
- sugar sprinkles
Instructions
Cookie
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Cream butter, cream cheese, sugars, egg, and almond in a large bowl (or Kitchen-Aid) until fluffy.
- In a separate medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Stir until soft dough forms.
- Roll out and cut with a cookie cutter. Thin dough will make crunchy cookies. If you want a soft dough, it needs to be about ⅜ in. {NOTE: Try not to handle the dough too much}
- Bake for 8-10 minutes on greased pan. Let cool.
Frost and decorate
- Make frosting by mixing all ingredients with a hand mixer. If too thick, add a tad more milk.
- Frost the cookies with orange frosting.
- Use the decorating gel to add texture to the pumpkins. Sprinkle with orange sugar sprinkles then add an M&M for the green stem and place on the candy eyes.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 293 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 293kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 39mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 157mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 46mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 33g | 66% |
| Vitamin A | 397IU | 8% |
| Calcium | 22mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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