Name: Day Of The Dead Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 3 c. all-purpose flour, plus more for surface -; 1 tsp. baking powder -; 1/2 tsp. kosher salt -; 1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened -; 1 c. granulated sugar -; 1 large egg -; 1 tbsp. milk -; 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract -; 5 c. powdered sugar -; 6 tbsp. milk, plus more for thinning -; 1/4 c. light corn syrup -; 1/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract -; Black food coloring -; Teal food coloring -; Orange food coloring -; Green food coloring -; Purple food coloring -; Yellow food coloring -

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Day Of The Dead Cookies

1. 3 c. all-purpose flour, plus more for surface -

2. 1 tsp. baking powder -

3. 1/2 tsp. kosher salt -

4. 1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened -

5. 1 c. granulated sugar -

6. 1 large egg -

7. 1 tbsp. milk -

8. 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract -

9. 5 c. powdered sugar -

10. 6 tbsp. milk, plus more for thinning -

11. 1/4 c. light corn syrup -

12. 1/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract -

13. Black food coloring -

14. Teal food coloring -

15. Orange food coloring -

16. Green food coloring -

17. Purple food coloring -

18. Yellow food coloring -

How to cook deliciously - Day Of The Dead Cookies

1. Stage

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.

2. Stage

In another large bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy and pale in color. Add egg, milk, and vanilla and beat until combined, then add flour mixture gradually until totally combined.

3. Stage

Shape into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 1 hour.

4. Stage

When ready to roll, preheat oven to 350º and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly flour a clean work surface and roll out dough until 1/8” thick. Using a skull cookie cutter, cut out shapes and transfer to prepared baking sheets. Freeze 10 minutes (so your shapes hold while baking!).

5. Stage

Bake cookies until edges are lightly golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely.

6. Stage

Meanwhile make icing: In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla. Add about a quarter of the icing to a piping bag fitted with a small round tip. Outline edges of cookies.

7. Stage

Pour about half of remaining icing into another medium bowl and thin with 1 teaspoon of milk at a time until a good flooding consistency. Add to another piping bag fitted with a small round tip. Pipe icing into centers of cookies to fill completely with icing.

8. Stage

Divide remaining icing into 6 separate bowls and dye them black, teal, orange, green, purple, and yellow.

9. Stage

Place colors into separate piping bags fitted with a small round tip and pipe decorative faces onto cookies.