Description
Delight your Halloween guests with these fun and festive Halloween Sugar Cookies. These delicious cookies are perfect for any spooky gathering and can be decorated in a variety of creative ways.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Cookie Dough:
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract (optional)
- Halloween-themed sprinkles or colored sugar (optional)
- food coloring (optional, for dough or icing)
For the Icing (Optional):
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- gel food coloring in Halloween colors (orange, black, purple, green)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two 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, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract if using.
- Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients: Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix until a soft dough forms. Tint with food coloring if desired.
- Roll and Cut: Roll out the dough, cut into Halloween shapes, and place on baking sheets.
- Bake: Bake for 8–10 minutes until lightly golden. Cool on a rack.
- Prepare Icing: In a small bowl, whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Tint with food coloring.
- Decorate: Decorate cooled cookies with icing and let set before serving.
Notes
- Dough can be made ahead and chilled for up to 2 days.
- Baked cookies can be frozen (without icing) for up to 2 months.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
