Description
Delight your Halloween guests with these festive and delicious sugar cookies. Perfect for holiday baking and decorating with spooky designs!
Ingredients
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Dry Ingredients:
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp almond extract (optional)
Additional:
- Food coloring (orange, black, purple, green)
- Halloween-themed sprinkles or decorating sugar
- Royal icing or buttercream for decorating (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Cream Butter and Sugar: In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add Wet Ingredients: Mix in egg, vanilla, and almond extract (if using) until smooth.
- Combine and Form Dough: Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until a soft dough forms.
- Color and Shape: Divide dough, add food coloring, shape into balls or roll out for cutouts.
- Bake: Place on baking sheets, decorate if desired, and bake for 8–10 minutes.
- Cool and Decorate: Cool on baking sheet, then transfer to wire rack. Decorate with icing once cooled.
Notes
- Chilling dough yields cleaner shapes; freeze shaped dough for convenience.
- Get creative with icing and decorations for fun Halloween designs.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
