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Halloween Sugar Cookies

This Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe is guaranteed to be a hit at your next Halloween get together or night out!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies, Halloween
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Refrigerator Time 1 day
Servings 14 cookies (or more)
Calories 290kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups All Purpose flour (plus more for rolling)
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. Cream of Tartar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1 egg (room temperature)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp. almond extract (divided)

Icing Ingredients:

  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 2 tsp. milk (or more if desired)
  • 1/4 tsp. almond extract
  • 2 tsp. Light Karo syrup
  • Food coloring (if desired)
  • Cookie decorations (sugar crystals, dots, etc..) (if desired)

Instructions

To Make Cookies:

  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the all purpose flour, baking soda, and Cream of Tartar until well combined. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, mix the softened unsalted butter and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract to the creamed butter and sugar. Beat until well mixed.
  • Add the flour mixture, a little at a time, to the butter and egg mixture. Blending well.
  • Form dough into a ball and wrap in saran wrap. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours or overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • Roll out portions of the dough on a lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes (about 1/2 inch thickness).
  • Place cut out cookies on cookie sheet and bake for 7-10 minutes. Cookies are done baking when they are just barely starting to turn brown on bottom. Let them sit on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Place each one individually on a wire rack to finish cooling.

To Make Icing:

  • In a medium bowl, mix the confectioners sugar, milk, almond extract, and light Karo syrup until well blended. Add extra milk until desired consistency is reached.
  • Color the icing with food coloring if desired.
  • Frost cookies and decorate with desired decor. Let cookies sit on wire rack over night for the icing to set.

Notes

Recipe Source: Found this recipe years ago when my children were younger and I do not recall the source.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 423IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg