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Easy Halloween Cookies

October 19, 2015 By Kerry Cooks 5 Comments

So easy and colourful – these yummy Halloween cookies start with a simple sugar cookie dough, which is coloured and cut out into spooky shapes! Kids will love them!

So colourful - these yummy easy Halloween cookies start with a simple sugar cookie dough, which is coloured and cut out into spooky shapes! Kids will love them!

I absolutely adore Halloween and getting into the spirit of the occasion! But I have found that I have a tendency to go overboard in the effort versus reward stakes. I’ll never forget one halloween as a teenager when I’d baked and hand decorated the coolest Halloween cupcakes for trick-or-treaters, only to find them dismaged every time I opened the door without mini mars bars in my hand!

These easy Halloween cookies are maximum impact, for minimum effort! You’ll simply colour my reliable, delicious sugar cookie dough in the spooky colours of your choosing! I went for pumpkin orange, batty black and starry yellow and purple…cats. To make it simple, you could just go for one colour – orange would be perfect if you have a pumpkin cutter – awesome sets here!

So colourful - these yummy easy Halloween cookies start with a simple sugar cookie dough, which is coloured and cut out into spooky shapes! Kids will love them!

So colourful - these yummy easy Halloween cookies start with a simple sugar cookie dough, which is coloured and cut out into spooky shapes! Kids will love them!

To make these cookies, you will need concentrated gel colours such as those made by Sugarflair, Wilton, Americolor and others. I buy mine online, or you can find them in cake supply shops too! The colours I used were Sugarflair Extra Black, Sugarflair Orange, Sugarflair melon and Sugarflair Grape Violet.

To ensure that the cookies don’t stick to the cutter, dip the cutter into the flour between each cookie.

Easy Halloween Cookies
2015-10-16 08:19:04
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Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
35 min
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
35 min
276 calories
35 g
54 g
13 g
4 g
8 g
63 g
10 g
14 g
1 g
4 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
63g
Yields
18
Amount Per Serving
Calories 276
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 13g
21%
Saturated Fat 8g
41%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 54mg
18%
Sodium 10mg
0%
Total Carbohydrates 35g
12%
Dietary Fiber 1g
3%
Sugars 14g
Protein 4g
Vitamin A
8%
Vitamin C
0%
Calcium
1%
Iron
2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Ingredients
  1. 250g / 2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  2. 250g / 1 cup plus one heaped tablespoon caster or golden caster sugar
  3. 2 large free range eggs
  4. 500g / 4 cups sifted plain flour
  5. 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
  6. Gel food colouring, in your choice of colours
Instructions
  1. First, make the biscuit dough.
  2. Combine your butter, which needs to be incredibly soft, with the sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the two eggs along with the vanilla bean paste, and then sift in the flour and mix with a large spatula - the dough will be quite stuff, but keep going until its all incorporated. Divide the dough into equal portions, (the number depends on how many colours you want to make) on your worksurface, using some clingfilm or baking parchment to protect the side. Make an indentation in your first dough, and add about a third of a teaspoon of the colour you're using. Fold the dough over the colour, then knead until the colour is distributed well through the door. Sprinkle over a little flour if things are getting sticky. When yo're done, wrap the dough tightly in clingfilm and pop into the fridge. Repeat for all your colours.
  3. After 30 minutes in the fridge, the coolie dough will be ready to roll out. First, prepare three large cookie sheets with non stick baking mat or parchment paper, and preheat your oven to 160c/gas mark 4/350F. Roll out the dough to about 4/5mm thick on a liberally floured work surface and use the cookie cutter of your choice to make spooky shapes.
  4. If you'd like to make pumpkins with yellow eyes as I did, simply use a knife to cut triangle shaped gaps in your pumpkins, then smush in triangle yellow shapes and bake.
  5. Bake for 10-14 minutes, and keep a close eye on them and remove from the oven or swap to a lower shelf if they're starting to get browned (generally if they are starting to get browned, they will be done). Let cool completely on a cooling rack.
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So colourful - these yummy easy Halloween cookies start with a simple sugar cookie dough, which is coloured and cut out into spooky shapes! Kids will love them!

The thing I love most about these cookies is that the fun cut out idea saves you from doing any fancy and time consuming cookie decorating royal icing (like the cookies below) which are from my Pinterest board. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE the way they look, but these cookies are so much easier and more fun to make.

 

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So colourful - these yummy easy Halloween cookies start with a simple sugar cookie dough, which is coloured and cut out into spooky shapes! Kids will love them!

Speaking of Pinterest, I’ve been pinning lots of awesome Halloween inspiration lately!

  Follow Kerry {KerryCooks.com}’s board Halloween Fun on Pinterest.

 

 

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  1. Diana says

    October 28, 2015 at 8:32 am

    Love these cookies! I will have to give these a try, my niece is gonna love them!
    Diana recently posted…Halloween Wicked Witch Finger CookiesMy Profile

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  2. Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

    October 22, 2015 at 6:27 pm

    Wow these look really cool. I thought you’d rolled out sugarpaste at first but I think it’s highly appropriate for halloween to tin one’s cookie dough!!
    Sarah, Maison Cupcake recently posted…Rye Toast with Bloody Mary ToppingMy Profile

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  3. Diane @ Life of Di. says

    October 20, 2015 at 11:57 am

    These are so fun! I think my favorite shape is the bat. I just love Halloween (preferably the kid-like version to the horror/zombie/psychopath one.) 😀
    Diane @ Life of Di. recently posted…October: Currently.My Profile

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  4. Rachel says

    October 19, 2015 at 12:54 pm

    Kerry, they look so cute! Frighteningly cute, of course! Perfect for a wee ones Halloween party!
    Rachel recently posted…Why I Don’t Bake As Often As I Used To. A Confession.My Profile

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