Description
Create festive Spooky Face Halloween Sugar Cookies perfect for celebrating the holiday. These colorful cookies feature roll-out dough tinted with pink, sky blue, and violet gel food coloring, shaped with round cutters, baked to golden perfection, and decorated with black icing and sanding sugar for eerie faces that delight all ages.
Ingredients
Cookie Dough and Coloring
- Roll-Out Cookie Dough, enough for 3 portions
- Pink Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz
- Sky Blue Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz
- Violet Gel Food Coloring (or mix of Pink & Violet), 1 oz
Decorations
- Black Ready-to-Use Icing Tube, 4.25 oz
- Black Sanding Sugar, 3.25 oz
Instructions
- Prepare Dough and Color: Divide the roll-out cookie dough into three equal parts. Tint one portion pink using the pink gel food coloring, color the second portion sky blue, and mix pink and violet gel food coloring to create violet for the third portion. Knead each dough portion until the color is evenly distributed.
- Cut and Bake Cookies: Roll out each colored dough portion evenly on a floured surface. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out shapes from each color. Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake according to the roll-out cookie recipe instructions until edges are lightly golden. Allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Decorate Cookies: Using tip #3 and the black ready-to-use icing tube, carefully pipe spooky facial features such as eyes, noses, and mouths on each cookie. While the icing is still wet, sprinkle black sanding sugar over the facial features to add texture. Shake off any excess sugar gently once the icing has set slightly.
Notes
- Ensure dough portions are chilled before rolling for easier handling.
- Use gel food coloring sparingly to prevent dough from becoming too sticky.
- Let cookies cool completely before decorating to avoid icing melt.
- If you don’t have violet gel food coloring, mix pink and blue to create a similar shade.
- Store decorated cookies in an airtight container to preserve freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie (about 30g)
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
