Description
Spooky sugar cookies decorated with stitched hearts, X-eyes, and creepy details for a perfect Halloween treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Black and red royal icing (for decoration)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then mix in egg and vanilla.
- Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt until dough forms. Chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll dough to ¼-inch thickness and cut out gingerbread-man-style shapes.
- Bake 10–12 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
- Once cooled, pipe red icing hearts on each cookie, then outline and stitch with black icing.
- Add creepy X-eyes and stitched mouths to finish the voodoo doll effect.
Notes
- Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading during baking.
- Use a variety of icing techniques for different spooky effects.
- Store cookies in an airtight container to maintain freshness.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg