Halloween Skeleton Cookies
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Cooking:
45 min.
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Servings per container:
40
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Ingredients for - Halloween Skeleton Cookies

1. White sugar - 1 ½ cups
2. Butter, softened - 1 cup
3. Eggs - 2
4. Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons
5. Almond flavoring - 1 ½ teaspoons
6. All-purpose flour - 3 ½ cups
7. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
8. Salt - ½ teaspoon
9. Confectioners' sugar - 2 tablespoons
10. Confectioners' sugar - 1 cup
11. Milk, plus more as needed - 2 teaspoons
12. Light corn syrup, or more as needed - 2 teaspoons
13. Vanilla extract - ¼ teaspoon
14. Black decorating gel - 1 (1.5 ounce) tube

How to cook deliciously - Halloween Skeleton Cookies

1. Stage

Cream sugar and butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and almond flavoring and mix well.

2. Stage

Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a second bowl. Add flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture and mix to combine. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.

3. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

4. Stage

Dust a work surface with 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar and roll out dough into a 1/4-inch-thick circle. Cut out figure shapes with a gingerbread man cookie cutter and arrange cut-out cookies on prepared baking sheets.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from baking sheets carefully and transfer to wire racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.

6. Stage

Stir 1 cup confectioners' sugar and milk together in a small bowl until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract until icing is smooth and glossy. Add more corn syrup if icing is too thick.

7. Stage

Spoon icing into a piping bag with a small plain tip. Draw a filled-out circle inside the head for the skull and a skeleton on the body, including 3 horizontal lines for the ribs. Let cookies stand until icing dries completely, about 2 hour, best overnight.

8. Stage

Use black decorating gel to draw eyes, a nose, and a mouth on the skull and let cookies dry again, about 1 hour.